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I don't know much about the Brazil case, but I think it's pretty clear it's not about "free speech" because he seems to treat countries very differently, depend

by ks2048 2y ago

I don't know much about the Brazil case, but I think it's pretty clear it's not about "free speech" because he seems to treat countries very differently, depending on his personal opinion of the government in power (and who knows about any non-public deals). Here's one article about blocking Modi critics in India: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accuse...

ks2048 2y ago
Here's another, more severe case, "Saudi Crown Prince Confirms Death Sentence for Tweets". And remember, one of the biggest X investors is a prominent Saudi. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/22/saudi-crown-prince-confirms-death-sentence-tweets https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/22/saudi-crown-prince-confi... Musk's "commitment" to free speech is a joke. Edit: This is a bit different of case - it's not X doing content moderation at behest of a government. One could claim Musk doesn't have control over what other countries do. But, he's constantly criticizing and calling-out politicians around the world. But, not a peep about Saudi Arabia. (as far as I know).
- inemesitaffia 2y ago
  Has nothing to do with Musk. The issue with Saudis in Twitter predates him
ivewonyoung 2y ago
The article says this: > Twitter sued the government in July over takedown orders, after the government introduced legislation in 2021 aimed at regulating every form of digital content, including online news, social media, and streaming platforms and empowering itself to remove content it deemed “objectionable”. Looks like they tried but India and Turkey passed laws. In Brazil they believe the judge's actions were not lawful.
curt15 2y ago
cough China
acchow 2y ago
It’s about each country’s own laws about free speech, not a universal free speech. He says countries have to pass laws if they want to restrict free speech and he will comply with those laws

by ks2048 2y ago

ks2048 2y ago

Here's another, more severe case, "Saudi Crown Prince Confirms Death Sentence for Tweets". And remember, one of the biggest X investors is a prominent Saudi. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/22/saudi-crown-prince-confirms-death-sentence-tweets https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/22/saudi-crown-prince-confi... Musk's "commitment" to free speech is a joke. Edit: This is a bit different of case - it's not X doing content moderation at behest of a government. One could claim Musk doesn't have control over what other countries do. But, he's constantly criticizing and calling-out politicians around the world. But, not a peep about Saudi Arabia. (as far as I know).

inemesitaffia 2y ago
Has nothing to do with Musk. The issue with Saudis in Twitter predates him

ivewonyoung 2y ago

The article says this: > Twitter sued the government in July over takedown orders, after the government introduced legislation in 2021 aimed at regulating every form of digital content, including online news, social media, and streaming platforms and empowering itself to remove content it deemed “objectionable”. Looks like they tried but India and Turkey passed laws. In Brazil they believe the judge's actions were not lawful.

curt15 2y ago

cough China

acchow 2y ago

It’s about each country’s own laws about free speech, not a universal free speech. He says countries have to pass laws if they want to restrict free speech and he will comply with those laws