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Not relevant. Was his post blocked in those countries?

nickthegreek 4y ago
It is very relevant. His posts were blocked in every country (by removing his account). As an american, I dont expect to be banned from a social media company (ran in my country no less) because of a speech law halfway around the world. Elon isn't following policies, he is following his whim. The problem with that is all the previous moderation statements he made did not align with this banning.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
  > I dont expect to be banned from a social media company (ran in my country no less) because of a speech law halfway around the world I expect that the whole account was banned worldwide, more because it made headline news (in the bad way) around the world. And so not banning Kanye's horrible, mentally ill, degrading and rather sad antics, would scare off the advertisers who pay the bills. I mean, the remaining advertisers. > Elon isn't following policies, he is following his whim. Agreed. > The problem with that is all the previous moderation statements he made did not align with this banning It's almost like it wasn't thought through. Like Elon still has no idea what he's doing.
- cinntaile 4y ago
  Not banning a very public figure for posting a swastika would have killed (what is left of) Twitter ads.
  - bink 4y ago
    That's what many have been saying for weeks now. But Musk has held to his "free speech except what's illegal" stance and accused advertisers who pulled ads of being against "free speech". If he's going to ban people for violating the laws of any country in which twitter operates then he'll effectively be turning twitter into disney and that goes against all of his claims.
    - ilyt 4y ago
      I doubt that has anything to do with laws in other countries, he got banned because it was bad for Twitter PR to let him stay
- prmoustache 4y ago
  Well that would be reasonnable if said social media company was only publishing your content to US geolocalized IP. It doesn't.

It is very relevant. His posts were blocked in every country (by removing his account). As an american, I dont expect to be banned from a social media company (ran in my country no less) because of a speech law halfway around the world. Elon isn't following policies, he is following his whim. The problem with that is all the previous moderation statements he made did not align with this banning.

SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
> I dont expect to be banned from a social media company (ran in my country no less) because of a speech law halfway around the world I expect that the whole account was banned worldwide, more because it made headline news (in the bad way) around the world. And so not banning Kanye's horrible, mentally ill, degrading and rather sad antics, would scare off the advertisers who pay the bills. I mean, the remaining advertisers. > Elon isn't following policies, he is following his whim. Agreed. > The problem with that is all the previous moderation statements he made did not align with this banning It's almost like it wasn't thought through. Like Elon still has no idea what he's doing.
cinntaile 4y ago
Not banning a very public figure for posting a swastika would have killed (what is left of) Twitter ads.
- bink 4y ago
  That's what many have been saying for weeks now. But Musk has held to his "free speech except what's illegal" stance and accused advertisers who pulled ads of being against "free speech". If he's going to ban people for violating the laws of any country in which twitter operates then he'll effectively be turning twitter into disney and that goes against all of his claims.
  - ilyt 4y ago
    I doubt that has anything to do with laws in other countries, he got banned because it was bad for Twitter PR to let him stay
prmoustache 4y ago
Well that would be reasonnable if said social media company was only publishing your content to US geolocalized IP. It doesn't.