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Whoopsies! "Free speech absolutist" "accidentally" suspends the accounts of journalists who are critical of him, and people whose political views he disagrees with. (aus.social)
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Whoopsies! "Free speech absolutist" "accidentally" suspends the accounts of journalists who are critical of him, and people whose political views he disagrees with.

He seems to have quite the habit of firing or banning people he disagrees with, doesn't he?

Via Gizmodo:

"X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, purged an unknown number of prominent accounts over the last 24 hours with little to no explanation, and then restored the accounts minutes after this article was published.

"The list includes popular accounts belonging to journalists, writers, and podcasters. Among them are Ken Klippenstein of the Intercept, writer and podcaster Rob Rousseau, Texas Observer correspondent Steven Monacelli, the account for TrueAnon, a left-wing politics and news podcast, and a number of others.

"One thing the accounts have in common is recent criticisms of the Israeli government.

...

"Musk, who calls himself a “free speech absolutist” has previously said no one should be banned from X unless they break the law.

"Update, 1:12 p.m.: Shortly after this article was published, Musk responded to a question about the issue from far-right influencer Jackson Hinkle. Musk promised to investigate, and the accounts went back up soon after. Musk later blamed the “mistake” on X’s spam algorithms. The Hamas account is still suspended."

Source: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-journalists-banning-spree-1851151593

#Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #FreeSpech #Tech #Technology @technology

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[–] 98Percent@mastodon.nz 48 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@ajsadauskas @technology Isn't this typical of most "free speech" advocates?
Speech is free so long as you agree with them!

[–] lockhart@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

free speech for me, not for thee

[–] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

don't lump in everyone with musk, there are many people that actually believe in free speech

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

You didnt see the quotation marks?
OP is absolutely talking about those supposedly advocates.

[–] 98Percent@mastodon.nz 0 points 10 months ago

@dannym Including me. Depending on how “free speech” is defined. The statement “I think the moon is made of bread dough” is ok. “The moon is made of bread dough” is not ok.