this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] Red_October 352 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Do you guys remember back when Elon insisted he was a Free Speech Absolutist? How he wanted to ensure nobody was censored on Twitter? That shit just gets funnier every day.

[–] FlyingSquid 186 points 3 months ago (3 children)

His "clarification" was great too.

“By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/28/elon-musk-doesnt-understand-free-speech-or-twitter-at-all

So, you know, North Korea's idea of "free speech" is just fine with him.

[–] Zirconium 87 points 3 months ago

considering he unbanned an account that reposted csam I think he doesnt gaf about the law

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Limiting free speech in accordance with the law is reasonable, there is no other good solution. The problem is that he does go beyond the law with what he censors all the time.

[–] danc4498 9 points 3 months ago

And he’s still a hypocrite.

[–] chonglibloodsport 19 points 3 months ago

He probably rationalizes it by thinking of Twitter as his personal publishing platform, thus all speech on it is subject to his editorial control. To take away his editorial control would be to violate his free speech rights in his eyes.

[–] Anticorp 14 points 3 months ago

We all knew he is a liar, so...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Some commenter somewhere said maybe the account wasn’t banned if it doesn’t say “suspended”, and that other “ear truthers” are still on the platform. Didn’t confirm either myself.