Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

 

[JGalt]

Not so much fun when the shoe's on the other foot, is it?

 

[Captain Caveman]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

Considering what Twitter life was like under the Lefty Regime, I have to admire your braveness in showing your sheer level of stupidity with this thread. You win the, "Hypocrisy", USMB Trophy of the year and we're just into our 4th month.

 

[Harry Dresden]

jones is not only an idiot....he is a coward....

 

[sparky]

. At the request of the right-wing government in India, the social network has blocked particular tweets and accounts belonging to that government’s critics, a more straightforward example of traditional state censorship. But despite all of that, he has yet to face state legislation alleging that what he does with the website he owns is unconstitutional.


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~S~

 

[CrusaderFrank]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

Deplatforming the President of the USA is EXACTLY like throttling traffic to a competitor, right?

 

[johngaltshrugged]

Musk is no more right wing than Tulsi Gabbard.
They didn't leave the Dems, the left sprinted away at full speed towards authoritarianism.

Stopping an upstart competitor from using your resources to take away your business isn't cancelling free speech, it's just a smart business practice

 

[jbrownson0831]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

Poor wacko kookbot.....can't stand it when real Americans have their freedoms.
Sieg Heil!

 

[jbrownson0831]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

Poor dimbot, another leftist hero turns out to have a mind of his own.......

 

[martybegan]

jones is not only an idiot....he is a coward....

The number 1 drive-by/canned response poster on this board.

 

[mudwhistle]

‘When the right-wing billionaire Elon Musk wanted a journalist to spread the word about supposed left-wing censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership, he went to Matt Taibbi. But last week, Twitter began to throttle traffic to the newsletter platform Substack, where Taibbi does most of his writing, and apparently began hiding Taibbi’s tweets in Twitter's search results. Musk’s chosen conduit for exposing what he described as past Twitter’s censorship was now being censored by Musk’s Twitter.

[…]

Blocking access to a competitor may seem, well, at odds with the “free-speech absolutism” that Musk has proclaimed and that admirers like Taibbi have praised. As the reporter Mike Masnick writes, the above behavior clearly falls into what Musk fans described as censorship under Twitter’s previous ownership. But it’s consistent with what more perceptive observers noted about Musk as he was considering buying the network: The mogul’s treatment of union organizers and whistleblowers suggested that “free-speech absolutism” was mostly code for a high tolerance for bigotry toward particular groups, a smoke screen that obscured an obvious hostility toward any speech that threatened his ability to make money.’

MSN

Such hypocrisy from the right comes as no surprise, of course; conservatives are no ‘advocates’ of ‘free speech.’

Musk the insurrectionist at war with ‘tyranny’ has himself become the tyrant.

Project much?

You people have been listening to CNN too much.
Everything you said is a lie.

 

[Dragonlady]

Not so much fun when the shoe's on the other foot, is it?

What shoe. Twitter has become a cesspool under Musk. Useage is down, revenues are down. The platform has no credibility because of the spoof accounts, and real users are leaving.

The 6 engineers still working for him must have had a real good time at todays’s DeSaster.

 

[ninja007]

Musk is controlled op and in the WEF's back pocket with A.I.