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When Musk says X is all about freedom of speech, remind him that one of its biggest owners is intimately tied to a government that executes people for mild crit
by ks2048 2y ago
When Musk says X is all about freedom of speech, remind him that one of its biggest owners is intimately tied to a government that executes people for mild criticism.
- zephyrus1985 2y agoyour point being ? Freedom of speech for US , we cannot enforce every country to have it
- axus 2y agoIf one owner bans speech he doesn't like (@Elonjet), other owners will ask to do the same. Having control of speech on Twitter was likely a factor in the "investment".
- torlok 2y agoThe timeline of Musk buying Twitter was a trainwreck, so I don't think there were any factors, just an attempt at salvaging an awful deal.
- ks2048 2y agoMusk frequently comments on political issues in other countries.
- torlok 2y agoX is a megaphone for Musk and a tool to get political favours. X was already used to silence the opposition in Turkey and India during elections. A Saudi prince having a minority stake is a drop in a bucket of free speech violations.
- exe34 2y agoit's basically his personal blog that he allows others to comment on. he bought it, I say let him have it!
- Yeul 2y agoUnfortunately for Musk the US Constitution doesn't apply everywhere. Lately I've been thinking that the Chinese had a good point with their great firewall. The EU is already banning Russian media perhaps we should ad Americans to the list.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago“Lately I’ve been thinking totalitarianism isn’t so bad”
- numpad0 2y agoAgreed, and btw I'm suspecting GFW could be a funny one: have you seen a Chinese neckbeard on the Internet? I mean, don't you find suspiciously large fractions of them PLL locked solid on Western values above everything?
- slim 2y agoX is under juridiction of a country intimately tied to genocide. No moral high ground in any "intimate ties" to any government involved.