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There are other reasons than being vocally left-wing [1] or being a journalist [2][3] that get you suspended or banned on Twitter these days. Musk is grandstan
by the_why_of_y 3y ago
There are other reasons than being vocally left-wing [1] or being a journalist [2][3] that get you suspended or banned on Twitter these days.
Musk is grandstanding about "free speech", but what Twitter actually does now is fold and cave to demands for censorship from any authoritarian government that asks [4][5].
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-message-suggests-musk-ordered-leftwing-account-freeze-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-mess...
[2] https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/ https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned...
[3] https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-linette-lopez-another-reporter-who-pissed-him-off https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-li...
[4] https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/ https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-or...
[5] https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-caves-to-authoritarian-censorial-bullies/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/once-again-free-speech-a...