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The "sides" of this argument have flipped. The pre-Musk arguments about Twitter's responsibility as a "public square" are now about how Twitter can do whatever
by guelo 4y ago
The "sides" of this argument have flipped. The pre-Musk arguments about Twitter's responsibility as a "public square" are now about how Twitter can do whatever they want as a private actor. And vice versa on the other side.
I wonder if the left will be able to take advantage of Texas' social media law[1] now that leftists accounts are being banned[2].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/technology/texas-social-media-politics-censorship.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/technology/texas-social-m...
[2] https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-ngo-antifascist/ https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-n...
- fruitpick 4y agoNote that neither the left nor the right have uniform opinions. The people advancing one arguement pre-Musk might be different to the purple advancing the argument the opposite way, even on the same political side. But I agree that on aggregate, the same logic is now being applied to form opposite conclusions.