AI summary:
Elon Musk’s stance as a champion of free speech faces scrutiny due to his Twitter platform’s direction. While Musk’s purported dedication to transparency is questioned, his efforts to shape Twitter into an all-encompassing control hub have raised alarms about heightened surveillance and control. Appointing a content suppressor further fans doubts. While Musk has supported censored individuals, he’s also accused of exacerbating divisions. Kanye West’s return involves adhering to restrictive rules, sparking worries about constrained expression. The notion of Musk as a free speech advocate is contested, with his actions and intent arousing skepticism. Amidst a shifting Twitter landscape, suspicions grow regarding Musk’s role in fostering genuine expressive freedom.
I’d rather we don’t keep platforming Jimmy Dore, if it’s all the same to the rest of you.
Can you explain why?
Yes! He spread(s) a bunch of vaccine misinformation.
Shaun had the best distillation of what I could find. I was glad someone else had noticed his BS. It was driving me crazy when people shared some of his vaccine specific clips with me.
Honestly I hate free speech absolutism on my feed. My argument honestly is decentralization is free speech to the high level, but I also have the free will to block you or join an instance that blocks you
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Yes. he blocks free speech in India.
i don’t care anymore if musk is pro or anti free speech, he’s a grifter who transforms twitter into a dystopian, western version of wechat and i don’t trust him. simple as.
One area that makes Twitter the absolute best over all the others is people don’t get deleted over hurt feelings like on both Mastodon and Lemmy.
I’m not going to say that Twitter is a prime example of free speech, but at least some high strung self indulgent freak can’t do anythng because someone put up a mean tweet, compared to all the censorship on federated platforms with the cesnorship and account susoensions only seemingly happening in one direction.
No matter what people think of Twitter, it will always sit on top as long as people are free criticze people’s lifestyles. And at least Twitter does actively project against any messaging target at kids. When Musk took over he cleaned out all of pedo teachers talking about gender to destroy children’s sense of identity and make them confused and screwed up.
Apart from Musk taking down every tweet that says something bad about him or something he believes, you are right about no “high strung self indulgent freak” like Musk ever does that.
You’re from FL I’m guessing? You’ve got Florida-educated vibes.
