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0 pointsteekert1y ago0 comments

Do you have any examples where he blocks other people's speech?

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How about this? https://newrepublic.com/post/177936/twitter-suspends-account...

"This is at least the fifth time that X, under Musk, has purged accounts that are the slightest bit critical of him, his friends, or causes he supports"

mike_hearn1y ago

That article says the suspensions lasted only a few hours. In no way were they "purged", and the first three named accounts all are highly active.

MintPress News journalist: https://twitter.com/alanrmacleod (active, posted in the last hour)

Intercept journalist: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein (active, posted 46 minutes ago)

Texas Observer journalist: https://x.com/stevanzetti (active, posted 2 hours ago)

If these are the best examples of Musk engaging in censorship then he must be doing a very fair job indeed!

A more likely explanation is that the suspensions were related to anti-botting activity, as they came back from suspension with fewer followers than before. Journalists buying Twitter followers is not unheard of, unfortunately:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-ex...

teekertOP1y ago

Ok yeah, that's pretty bad indeed.

defrost1y ago

Opposition parties and activists in India and Turkey - both at the request of the governments there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41387061

There are other examples, those two should suffice.

teekertOP1y ago

He's selective wrt which governments he is giving into, he's not blocking anything himself.

Would you rather: He obeys all governments? Obeys no governments?

defrost1y ago

You asked for examples where he has blocked peoples speech. I provided examples of where he has blocked peoples speech.

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EasyMark1y ago

I think the point is that he shouldn’t lie about selective “free speech” in Brazil he seems all for it to the point of getting kicked out of the country. With more friendly regimes he is happy to censor other voices than the official “state”voice. I think people are looking for consistency and honesty rather than the charade his currently projecting.

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timeon1y ago

For example: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65609123

r0ckarong1y ago

https://freespeechproject.georgetown.edu/tracker-entries/elo...

https://electrek.co/2022/12/20/tesla-wont-tolerate-dissent-a...

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-staff-slam-elon-musk...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/former-ceo-tesla-criticized-m...

Oh wait, you mean suppress people ON TWITTER? This is an entirely different search query.

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ofrzeta1y ago

How about this? https://newrepublic.com/post/177936/twitter-suspends-account...

"This is at least the fifth time that X, under Musk, has purged accounts that are the slightest bit critical of him, his friends, or causes he supports"

mike_hearn1y ago

That article says the suspensions lasted only a few hours. In no way were they "purged", and the first three named accounts all are highly active.

MintPress News journalist: https://twitter.com/alanrmacleod (active, posted in the last hour)

Intercept journalist: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein (active, posted 46 minutes ago)

Texas Observer journalist: https://x.com/stevanzetti (active, posted 2 hours ago)

If these are the best examples of Musk engaging in censorship then he must be doing a very fair job indeed!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-ex...

teekertOP1y ago

Ok yeah, that's pretty bad indeed.

defrost1y ago

Opposition parties and activists in India and Turkey - both at the request of the governments there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41387061

There are other examples, those two should suffice.

teekertOP1y ago

He's selective wrt which governments he is giving into, he's not blocking anything himself.

Would you rather: He obeys all governments? Obeys no governments?

defrost1y ago

You asked for examples where he has blocked peoples speech. I provided examples of where he has blocked peoples speech.

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EasyMark1y ago

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timeon1y ago

For example: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65609123

r0ckarong1y ago

https://freespeechproject.georgetown.edu/tracker-entries/elo...

https://electrek.co/2022/12/20/tesla-wont-tolerate-dissent-a...

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-staff-slam-elon-musk...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/former-ceo-tesla-criticized-m...

Oh wait, you mean suppress people ON TWITTER? This is an entirely different search query.

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