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> offering a glimpse into decisions that have spurred complaints of alleged censorship from the company and its billionaire owner In other words, decisions not
by modeless 3y ago
> offering a glimpse into decisions that have spurred complaints of alleged censorship from the company and its billionaire owner
In other words, decisions not made by the company or its "billionaire owner" at all but falsely attributed to them.
> the company under [Musk's] ownership has bowed to government requests from around the world
Under duress! Damned if you do, banned if you don't. In this case they actually did stand up to a government and are of course being criticized for that too.
> [Musk's] crusade has been cheered on by supporters of far-right
> most legal experts see [the judge's] brash tactics as legally sound and furthermore justified
Could this article possibly be written in a more slanted way? To me what's going on with these orders is absurd and obviously shouldn't be allowed in a sensible democracy. Is AP really on the side of the idea that one person should have unilateral, unchecked secret ban power over every social media account in the country?
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- whatisthis9 3y agoIMO, as the CEO of Tesla, Musk should have never bought X imo from a business standpoint, even if he fully believes in full speech, because it simply traps him (most of the world has no where near as strong free speech laws as the US). In India for example, if he doesn't kowtow to the authoritarian trending Indian government in power, he risks sinking any chance of Tesla expanding its marketshare in a democracy critical to Tesla's future. The same goes for Tesla in Turkey. https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-erdogan-asks-us-elon-musk-build-tesla-factory/ https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-erdogan-asks-us-elon-... . If X starts standing up for speech there, this could sink their future plans in another valuable market. I think the fact that he backtracked on Brazil ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/musk-s-x-retreats-pledging-to-comply-with-brazil-court-orders https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/musk-s-x-... ) might also show that he also worries about Tesla's future in Brazil.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoAs an owner of hard-to-censor global internet satellite constellation, positioning to offer free speech globally is quite fitting.
- ashildr 3y agoFree speech as long as you don‘t hurt the master‘s feelings.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoI think the point being raised by OP is that "hard to censor" doesn't matter when elmu willingly censors people whenever it makes him more money.