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>So is anyone around still willing to defend Elon Musk's “freedom of speech includes speech I don't like” promise, or has everyone admitted that that was all a
by VirusNewbie 4y ago
>So is anyone around still willing to defend Elon Musk's “freedom of speech includes speech I don't like” promise, or has everyone admitted that that was all a farce?
This is absolutely consistent with what he's said over and over before the twitter takeover. He said he has no problem with limiting the exposure of distasteful tweets, but he doesn't want to ban people or PREVENT people from posting.
His answer to "can people post hateful things" has always been "up to a point yes, we'll let them but we will also take measures to prevent it from being amplified in any way".
- flangola7 4y agoHe has not only banned from the platform but openly fired employees who said critical things of him on it. He has absolutely no problem silencing people.
- VirusNewbie 4y agoI've...never heard that he banned people who were critical of him. Do you have a link or an example?
- kevviiinn 4y agoWell he just silenced the competitor substack, which is the article you're commenting on
- VirusNewbie 4y agoHoly shit have you even followed the thread you are commenting on? We just talked about how he did not silence substack, what he did was refuse to amplify it. Do you have any evidence he silenced it or are you changing the definition mid conversation?
- kevviiinn 4y agoPreventing people from interacting with tweets effectively silences the conversation
- VirusNewbie 4y agoSo you’ve redefined silence. You can respond to the tweet, or tweet your own substack link. You can’t like it. That is not the traditional definition of “silence” by any means, and it is consistent with what he has said should be allowed.
- flangola7 4y agoNo problem. It was worse than even this, he also fired people for criticism they made in private. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/15/23460729/elon-musk-fire-twitter-engineers-dissent https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/15/23460729/elon-musk-fire-... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twitter-fired-criticism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twit...
- VirusNewbie 4y agothat's...not at all what i'm talking about. If you're publicly rude to your boss you can expect to be fired from most companies. Where is the link showing he BANNED someone from Twitter (the application) for being critical?
- flangola7 4y ago> that's...not at all what i'm talking about. If you're publicly rude to your boss you can expect to be fired from most companies. That's fine, but you can't do that and claim to be a free speech warrior at the same time.