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> Musk fired the entire human rights team and laid off staffers in countries where the company previously fought off censorship demands from repressive regimes
by bko 6mo ago
> Musk fired the entire human rights team and laid off staffers in countries where the company previously fought off censorship demands from repressive regimes
Is the contention here that there is more censorship on X compared to Twitter pre acquisition? Is X more heavily censored than Facebook or TikTok
They go on to say they're still on Facebook and TikTok and explain:
> The people who need us most are often the ones most embedded in the walled gardens of the mainstream platforms and subjected to their corporate surveillance.
None of this is unique to Facebook and TikTok and not for X.
> Young people, people of color, queer folks, activists, and organizers use Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook every day
I'm pretty sure all these demographics use X as well.
It's just so bizarre. If you want to reach people, esp people that maybe come from a different perspective from you, why would you opt out of the best way to get your message across?
- tomalbrc 6mo agoTo talk to a botnet? no thanks. You can decide to just not feed into twitter.
- ceejayoz 6mo ago> Is the contention here that there is more censorship on X compared to Twitter pre acquisition? That's easy to sustain. Pre-acquisition: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 Post-acquisition: https://x.com/elonjet https://x.com/elonjet
- rockemsockem 6mo ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 6mo agoThere are lots of similar examples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensi... https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081
- rockemsockem 6mo agoI was not dismissing the comment's claim, simply the poor evidence. Your evidence is far better.
- notahacker 6mo agoTwitter's own first published transparency report under Musk acknowledged they suspended 3x as many accounts (for policy reasons other than spamming) in six months as they had done over an equivalent period just before he acquired it.
- rockemsockem 6mo agoI was not dismissing the comment's claim, simply the poor evidence. This is better evidence, albeit uncited.
- bko 6mo ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 6mo ago> That's where you draw the line? Yes, a "free-speech absolutist" who explicitly promised to preserve a very specific example of free speech on explicit free speech grounds immediately banned the account when he was able to. And then he banned reporters for reporting on it. It's the easiest possible example to demonstrate his principles were never genuine here. See also: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1993828797066748081 > Falsely labeling non-violent people as “fascist” or “Nazi” should be treated as incitement to murder That's not very free speech, right?
- bko 6mo ago[flagged]
- subjectsigma 6mo agoThere was never any security risk, the flight data was and is public information. You should be able to say “men are not women” and also repost public data. Stop pretending Elon cares about free speech.
- stale2002 6mo ago[flagged]
- inkysigma 6mo agoX under Musk has sustained more government takedown requests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/25/elon-musk-x-twitter-free-speech-government-requests/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/25/elon-mu...