I see. Your best defense of leftist censorship is to float a conspiracy theory.
Super!
I guess we will have to sue X and have all Elon's emails made public to prove he censored those right wing journalists.
The funny thing is, it was anti immigrant MAGA's who are making the accusations. Don't argue with me. Argue with them.
The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.
www.nbcnews.com
Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced accusations of censorship Friday from fellow conservatives after several prominent right-wing accounts who had criticized
Musk’s views on immigration said that they subsequently lost access to premium features on Musk’s social media app, X.
At least 14 conservative accounts said late Thursday or Friday that X had revoked their blue verification badge, cutting them off from a variety of premium features, including the ability to monetize their accounts through subscriptions and advertising revenue-sharing, according to a review conducted by NBC News. Some accounts said the number of those affected was far higher.
Some conservatives said they considered X’s actions to be a betrayal by Musk, who purchased the service then known as Twitter in 2022 in part because he said it had
unfairly limited conservative speech. Musk has since called himself a free-expression advocate, even as he
calls for jailing some of his critics. Musk and X did not respond to requests for comment on Friday. But on Thursday night, about an hour before some conservatives started complaining about losing access to X’s premium features, Musk posted what he called “a reminder” on X. He wrote that the site’s algorithm automatically reduces the reach of a user if they’re frequently blocked or muted by other, credible users.
But rather than satisfying people complaining about censorship, the post elicited even more accusations that Musk was shadowbanning his conservative critics, or reducing engagement on their posts without officially disclosing such actions to affected accounts.
The actions by X came in the middle of
a heated online debate on the subject of future immigration policy under President-elect Donald Trump, with anti-immigration MAGA loyalists denouncing the influence of pro-immigration tech executives and investors such as Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Many of the affected accounts said they were affiliated with one media brand in particular, ConservativeOG.
“If anyone thinks for one minute the REAL backbone of the right wing and MAGA is gonna stand idly by while these big tech gillionaire Silicon Valley dweebs who didn’t get bullied enough in high school, steal our country, they’re mistaken,” Parra said in a text message. He said he believes Musk to be a “Trojan horse” in the Trump camp.
