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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
by 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 agoDo you have a source for "Twitter obeying government censorship requests have gone way up since he took over"?
- Joeri 3y agohttps://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 agohttps://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 agoTwo 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 agoIt's the GOP mantra: "rules for thee, not for me" - makes complete sense since he's been "unshackled".