"56g.1173" <
56g....@ztq9.net> wrote in
news:cRSdnW1q7bCKcPr4...@earthlink.com:
>
https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-blasts-advertisers-threatening
> -to-blackmail-him-by-pulling-ads-go-f-yourself
>
> . . .
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> Musk became a rather unexpected major force
> for free speech/expression.
>
Wrong.
No One on Twitter Is Safe From Elon Musk
DEC 16, 2022
ELON MUSK’S COMMITMENT to near-absolute
free speech has collapsed. When the
entrepreneur launched his takeover bid
for Twitter earlier this year, he said
the platform should permit all legal
speech. His shift away from that stance
began this month when he blocked a tweet
featuring a swastika from rapper Ye,
formerly known as Kanye West. This week,
he amped up his efforts and suspended
more than 25 Twitter accounts posting
public flight data, including that for
his own private jet. And yesterday,
several journalists who had reported on
that purge were kicked off Twitter too,
alongside the account of one of
Twitter’s most notable competitors,
Mastodon.
Twitter’s moderation is seemingly guided
less by set rules and more by what its
owner wants at any moment. While Musk
argues he’s protecting people from being
doxed, this week he censored accounts
freely—not for illegal speech, but because
they offended him.
Twitter’s updated policy now covers posts
containing what the site calls "private
information." Twitter also blocks people
from sharing photos and videos of private
individuals. It offers exemptions for
newsworthy events and "issues or events
of public interest." Questions sent to
Twitter about how this policy would be
enforced were not answered.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-blocked-journalists-twitter/