Comment by ceejayoz
8 hours ago
> Is the contention here that there is more censorship on X compared to Twitter pre acquisition?
That's easy to sustain.
Pre-acquisition: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456
Post-acquisition: https://x.com/elonjet
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There are lots of similar examples.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensi...
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081
I was not dismissing the comment's claim, simply the poor evidence. Your evidence is far better.
Twitter's own first published transparency report under Musk acknowledged they suspended 3x as many accounts (for policy reasons other than spamming) in six months as they had done over an equivalent period just before he acquired it.
I was not dismissing the comment's claim, simply the poor evidence. This is better evidence, albeit uncited.
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> That's where you draw the line?
Yes, a "free-speech absolutist" who explicitly promised to preserve a very specific example of free speech on explicit free speech grounds immediately banned the account when he was able to.
And then he banned reporters for reporting on it.
It's the easiest possible example to demonstrate his principles were never genuine here.
See also: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081
> Falsely labeling non-violent people as “fascist” or “Nazi” should be treated as incitement to murder
That's not very free speech, right?
Again I ask you: was Twitter more free speech absolutist than current day X
There was never any security risk, the flight data was and is public information. You should be able to say “men are not women” and also repost public data. Stop pretending Elon cares about free speech.