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Which is why I love X - no censorship.

• cududa 3y ago
  Bad news. There’s more censorship since he took over. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfilling-more-government-censorship-requests-under-musk https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2023/5/2/twitter-fulfi...
  • andreygrehov 3y ago
    Social media censorship != governments' censorship requests Free speech allows for a diversity of voices, some of which may express views not aligned with the government's perspective, whereas its absence leads to fewer government takedown requests.
• reducesuffering 3y ago
  Did you miss it when they censored all mentions of Mastodon, banned people who said to follow their Mastodon instead, and throttled links to other websites?
• freedomben 3y ago
  In your opinion, is censorship only censorship when done directly by a government?
  • andreygrehov 3y ago
    Yes and no. According to the Twitter Files, there was a prevailing amount of indirect censorship requests (majorly driven by democratic representatives - like it or not, this is a fact), meaning non-official government requests to shut a tweet down. This channel is now gone. Period. They no longer have the UI to do it. Prior to Elon's takeover, they had a dedicated tool to submit these kinds of requests. It's gone. Official (e.g., legal) government censorship is still present. It's not going anywhere. Since the non-official channel has been shut down, the official number of government requests has gone up, which is obvious. Overall, the amount of free speech on X has increased. Irrespective of whether you like Elon or not, this is the outcome of his leadership.