So why not open the Twitter Files to everyone? Or at least any journalist who asks?
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Elon & Twitter
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So why not open the Twitter Files to everyone? Or at least any journalist who asks?
Pretty sure they want to form a narrative that Twitter 1.0 was colluding with election campaign which resulted in nonsensical bans and unfair treatments. You release a bunch of random emails to the press and they will form their own narrative which will muddy the waters. They are already trying to muddy the waters. Left are saying "Biden wasn't the president, Trump was and Musk exposed that the administration was the breaking 1st amendment, also the deleted tweets were dick picks". Then you have the right saying "Biden's administration colluded with left leaning Twitter to win an illegitimate presidency".
The actual point of the twitter file is that BOTH sides were exerting their power and influence on a speech platform to mold public opinions. This is something MSM does and has infiltrated into social media. And because most employees at twitter are left leaning, we should not trust that they wouldn't play favorite for one side vs the other. Musk will make it as transparent as possible going forward if they are going to pull the same crap again. There will be no one side having the ability to silence or censor speech going forward.
EVNow
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LOL.
Its simple - what is the policy and how is it being implemented ? What is the process.
If the old management was the "problem" - how is the new one any better ?
Elon has repeated said policy when it comes to hate speech have not changed.
EVNow
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But he has also unbanned Nazis and banned leftist accounts.
So, either he is flouting the policies, or he is lying (or both).
Absolutely. I'm hardly upset that Kanye got banned, but it seems to me that his "death con3 on Jews" tweet was far closer to an incitement to violence.
And if they go back into hate speeching then they get banned again like Ye. Like Musk said, FAFO.
EVNow
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Yes - afterall - Swastika per say is an ancient symbol and without context is neutral. (I know the Nazi symbol is the other way round).
Yeah, Elon is getting a crash course in the difficulties of moderating a social media site like Twitter. He's a quick study on most subjects, so I'm really hoping that there isn't a mass proliferation of hate speech. Ultimately he's going to have to hire/rehire a capable moderation team. He just doesn't have the time resources or capacity to do it all himself.
thesmokingman
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I was gonna make a joke about Coke, but eh prob overplayed unless one didn't know.
Krugerrand
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EVNow
Well-Known Member
It is extremely difficult to live up to "free speech". Just an empty slogan.
italian bread
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So you’re saying businessmen take over companies which they dislike, not the ones they like? Makes sense. \s
I think the point of all this and your own comment is you're just as biased as all of us are honestly. You, like me and everyone else view things through their/own lens which is all fine and good and pretty much human nature. We're all a product of our environment/upbringing, whatever. Point again is you're just as biased too and I think we should admit it and I'll be first to say yeah, I'm biased based on what I've seen (which clearly is different than what you see or interpret).
My comments, as someone who honestly, shouldn't have much to grind with Elon purely being here from the solar/energy side is what I see, is what I get now.
He fires people if they say anything against him. He even stated that's what he does. Some say that's fine, but again, is that great for a company? I guess if you want your job, just shut up and have all yes men. We'll all see how great Twitter is after 3 months, 6 months, 5 years I guess.
jabloomf1230
Minister of Silly Walks
Can anyone answer this question? Various US states and other countries have laws against displaying a swastika, when used in the context of inciting hatred. How does this impact Twitter?
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Only because Elon says “advertisers are back” - that’s the proof ? Lol
Krugerrand
Meow
Yes, it is. If it’s not true, cue Apple in 3, 2, 1…to say otherwise.
*crickets*
It’s okay. You (specifically) might be right about something else another day. On this, you were wrong.
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