4 ms·
Everyone here is talking about free speech and Twitter censorship, but I have a different take: How do we know Elon Musk won't just ban criticism of him or his
by kmeisthax 5y ago
Everyone here is talking about free speech and Twitter censorship, but I have a different take:
How do we know Elon Musk won't just ban criticism of him or his business ventures (Tesla / SpaceX / The Boring Company / Starlink / etc)?
We know that his claims of being a "free speech absolutist" are absolute bullshit, because the moment the speech is about him he turns to every trick in the book to try and censor it[0]. This includes firing internal critics of himself and getting dox on anonymous bloggers so he could threaten to sue their employers.
If Elon buys Twitter and makes any major changes to it's policies, it will be for the worse. I probably will delete my account at that point.
[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-censors-employees-critics-2022-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-absolutist-elon-...
- zackmorris 5y agoYour sentiment was my first instinct as well, that the only power worth that kind of money is the power to erase history. It's not about who's got the most bullets, it's about who controls the information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks
- trixie_ 5y agoHe literally said today an interview unless a tweet was blatantly illegal it should not be deleted. He also said if there is any grey area as well it should not be deleted. He wants to open up all the shady algorithms twitter is using to promote/demote tweets.