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for examples of government censorship orders that were given to Twitter and then followed, look at Musk's Twitter. Such as orders from the authoritarian gover
by zzzeek 3y ago
for examples of government censorship orders that were given to Twitter and then followed, look at Musk's Twitter. Such as orders from the authoritarian government of Turkey to suppress tweets critical of the ruling party during an election, and these orders were executed by dutifully followed without question in obedience by Musk's Twitter [1]. He is after all beholden to his Saudi investors now.
[1] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4019109-twitters-turkey-election-sparks-criticism/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4019109-twitters-turke...
Musk's Twitter is now a fully authoritarian-censorship platform, increasing compliance to government censorship requests to 80% from a previous level of 50%, including from countries such as India:
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/?sh=10889e1a24ea https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/tw...
Prior to Musk's takeover, Twitter went to court to directly challenge such requests - no such messiness under Musk where censorship on behalf of authoritarian governments is now a feature:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/02/twitter-india-censorship-lawsuit-dismissed/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/02/twitter-indi...
As with all things conservative, the biggest fake outrage they have always points to exactly the thing they are guilty of in actuality, only much worse than the claims.