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>opposed to censorship He's not or rather he's in favor of being able to say anything he wants and shutting up anyone who says what he doesn't like (such as hi

>opposed to censorship He's not or rather he's in favor of being able to say anything he wants and shutting up anyone who says what he doesn't like (such as his jet's location or anything he views as woke).

mcv 3y ago
He's opposed to censorship by others, but in favour of censorship by him. Actually, he's also fine with government censorship as long as they're not censoring him or people he likes. Twitter obeying government censorship requests have gone way up since he took over.
- noman-land 3y ago
  Do you have a source for "Twitter obeying government censorship requests have gone way up since he took over"?
  - Joeri 3y ago
    https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-more-government-demands-under-elon-musk https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-mo...
  - ncallaway 3y ago
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/twitter-has-complied-with-almost-every-government-request-for-censorship-since-musk-took-over-report-finds/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/tw...
  - mcv 3y ago
    Two specific cases I've heard of: Twitter honoring censorship requests from the Indian government has gone up from 20% to 90%: * https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punja... * https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accuse... Musk defended censorship of the Turkish opposition saying he "had no choice". Jimmy Wales disagreed: * https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-enabling-turkish-censorship-on-twitter-calling-it-his-choice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-ena...
- r00fus 3y ago
  It's the GOP mantra: "rules for thee, not for me" - makes complete sense since he's been "unshackled".

mcv 3y ago

He's opposed to censorship by others, but in favour of censorship by him. Actually, he's also fine with government censorship as long as they're not censoring him or people he likes. Twitter obeying government censorship requests have gone way up since he took over.

noman-land 3y ago
Do you have a source for "Twitter obeying government censorship requests have gone way up since he took over"?
- Joeri 3y ago
  https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-more-government-demands-under-elon-musk https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-mo...
- ncallaway 3y ago
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/twitter-has-complied-with-almost-every-government-request-for-censorship-since-musk-took-over-report-finds/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/tw...
- mcv 3y ago
  Two specific cases I've heard of: Twitter honoring censorship requests from the Indian government has gone up from 20% to 90%: * https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punjab-amritpal-singh/ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punja... * https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accuse... Musk defended censorship of the Turkish opposition saying he "had no choice". Jimmy Wales disagreed: * https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-enabling-turkish-censorship-on-twitter-calling-it-his-choice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-ena...
r00fus 3y ago
It's the GOP mantra: "rules for thee, not for me" - makes complete sense since he's been "unshackled".