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That's ridiculous. You think Elon Musk goes around reading people's tweets and deciding what he wants or not? Or trained an AI model to only allow content that

That's ridiculous. You think Elon Musk goes around reading people's tweets and deciding what he wants or not? Or trained an AI model to only allow content that suits him? The guy literally gets community-noted every once in a while. It's free speech.

hungie 2y ago
Try saying "cisgender" on Twitter, of course the guy is moderating speech he personally doesn't like. It's not difficult to observe.
- spinach 2y ago
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  - hereme888 2y ago
    They cared about left-speech, which is the only type of real free speech. Everything else is intolerance and must be banned, for the safety of everyone's emotions...or something like that.
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    - pcwalton 2y ago
      Right. The issue is not that Musk is putting his finger on the scale for the political right per se--it's his site and he has the right to do that. The issue is that he claims to be supporting "free speech" while doing so. To my knowledge, nobody at Twitter prior to Musk's takeover claimed the site was for "free speech".
      - hungie 2y ago
        Exactly.
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- hereme888 2y ago
  So Elon Musk getting community-noted is him moderating speech he doesn't like?
  - meiraleal 2y ago
    Elon Musk getting communit-noted is a fake way to pretend he could also be wrong but xitter is so great that it helps him fixes his biases.
  - hungie 2y ago
    You assume that's speech he doesn't like.
NomDePlum 2y ago
What's the relationship between twitter and free speech? I genuinely don't see that argument.
- hereme888 2y ago
  Not allowing secret manipulation by the deep state, corrupt states, or removal of speech that doesn't cater to extremist sensitivities. It's the reason for the entire news post we're all commenting on.
- guywithahat 2y ago
  When Elon first bought Twitter, they released a bunch of information on how governments (specifically the US government) was pressuring Twitter to remove content, often for political reasons (i.e. it was a conservative account, etc). He stopped doing that, and generally supports free speech on the platform; sort of in a 2008 reddit way

hungie 2y ago

Try saying "cisgender" on Twitter, of course the guy is moderating speech he personally doesn't like. It's not difficult to observe.

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- hereme888 2y ago
  They cared about left-speech, which is the only type of real free speech. Everything else is intolerance and must be banned, for the safety of everyone's emotions...or something like that.
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  - pcwalton 2y ago
    Right. The issue is not that Musk is putting his finger on the scale for the political right per se--it's his site and he has the right to do that. The issue is that he claims to be supporting "free speech" while doing so. To my knowledge, nobody at Twitter prior to Musk's takeover claimed the site was for "free speech".
    - hungie 2y ago
      Exactly.
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hereme888 2y ago
So Elon Musk getting community-noted is him moderating speech he doesn't like?
- meiraleal 2y ago
  Elon Musk getting communit-noted is a fake way to pretend he could also be wrong but xitter is so great that it helps him fixes his biases.
- hungie 2y ago
  You assume that's speech he doesn't like.

NomDePlum 2y ago

What's the relationship between twitter and free speech? I genuinely don't see that argument.

hereme888 2y ago
Not allowing secret manipulation by the deep state, corrupt states, or removal of speech that doesn't cater to extremist sensitivities. It's the reason for the entire news post we're all commenting on.
guywithahat 2y ago
When Elon first bought Twitter, they released a bunch of information on how governments (specifically the US government) was pressuring Twitter to remove content, often for political reasons (i.e. it was a conservative account, etc). He stopped doing that, and generally supports free speech on the platform; sort of in a 2008 reddit way