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Better title: "My Free Speech Doesn't Mean My Freedom to Defame or Defraud" I'm unfamiliar with the author, Media Matters, or frankly Elon Musk (past unavoidab
by a_wild_dandan 3y ago
Better title: "My Free Speech Doesn't Mean My Freedom to Defame or Defraud"
I'm unfamiliar with the author, Media Matters, or frankly Elon Musk (past unavoidable tidbits from his annoyingly incessant omnipresence in media). But unless I'm missing some assumed context, the author completely ignores Musk's positions in the tweets they reference, instead attacking a Musk-shaped straw man.
Musk is alleging defamation by Media Matters, with supposed proof of their deceptive practices, and is using the appropriate (i.e. legal) channel to litigate his claim. The author chooses to heave rather petulant and irrelevant insults at Musk in lieu of addressing Musk's position.
Side note: I disagree with flagging this article. It's about a tech CEO regarding a tech platform on the tech topic of online content moderation. The article belongs on HN.