Elon & Twitter

[AlanSubie4Life]

The thread has lots of interesting information.

I’m sure it will be distilled down here later. I don’t need to doomscroll. And why not just post all the Tweets at once? This is something that can be done. Bizarre.

 

[Cosmacelf]

I must continue to point out that he is not doing that and has no ability to do that, only the government can, and contrary to what some like to claim the government has made no moves to stop free speech. Elon is simply changing the speech on Twitter more to his liking, which he can do because it's a private company not a government.

Actually he can do that. If you read the tweet thread, you’ll find that the Biden admin people routinely asked Twitter to block accounts. And since most Twitter employees were Democrats, they willingly complied. Is that a first amendment violation? I don’t know, but it will be a fascinating court case.

 

[Cosmacelf]

I’m sure it will be distilled down here later. I don’t need to doomscroll. And why not just post all the Tweets at once? This is something that can be done. Bizarre.

You have no sense of drama . Just reading this thread while this gets tweeted is fun.

 

[JRP3]

Welcome to the laminal space between Tsla and TslaQ. Some of us are still trying to save some folks but looks like most will eventually capitulate and neroden away.

Different people have different levels of behavior that are acceptable to them. Neroden felt Tesla no longer met his standards and stuck to his principles.

 

[Singuy]

Different people have different levels of behavior that are acceptable to them. Neroden felt Tesla no longer met his standards and stuck to his principles.

Yup, agreed..hence what I wrote.

 

[MABMAB]

Wat a nothin burger.
public discourse at town square needs to be faster in internet age, not this paint drying crap.
eyeballs only event

 

[JRP3]

If you read the tweet thread, you’ll find that the Biden admin people

Biden wasn't president in 2020.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Wat a nothin burger.
public discourse at town square needs to be faster in internet age, not this paint drying crap.
eyeballs only event

Why are you sticking around then? come back in an hour or so and someone will have posted the full thread.

 

[Southpasfan]

Actually he can do that. If you read the tweet thread, you’ll find that the Biden admin people routinely asked Twitter to block accounts. And since most Twitter employees were Democrats, they willingly complied. Is that a first amendment violation? I don’t know, but it will be a fascinating court case.

I mean, Trump is on the phone or texting Sean Hannity every day!

Not only is that not a "court case" -- its not even a case. That's what politicians do. As a matter of fact, its an entire job description of young stafffers, there entire job, all day every day is to get stuff either published or not published.

Its like pointing out that some other site chose not to publish pro-Tesla pro-environment articles. And then, quelle suprise, that it was because of pressure from oil company pr, or maybe even legacy auto advertising.

Well, I guess now that Elon owns twitter there won't be any stories which don't get re tweeted. How great, its like a giant cow pie sandwich now super sized.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Biden wasn't president in 2020.

I predict that this behavior didn’t stop when he became President. Lots of inconvenient accounts and stories were blocked post election.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

Testing Twitter's Methods of Restricting Blocked Links and Domains - bellingcat

Following the publication of a story in the New York Post regarding an allegedly leaked hard drive and email inbox from Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, Twitter has blocked users from directly linking to the story in either tweets or direct messages. In fact, Twitter has even restricted...

www.bellingcat.com

 

[SmokyPeat]

Wat a nothin burger.
public discourse at town square needs to be faster in internet age, not this paint drying crap.
eyeballs only event

Yeah, it's a snoozefest for sure. I don't know why I expected something more interesting. I thought Elon was going to be an active participant. I'll take snoozefest over Elon going full Birch society, I guess.

 

[MABMAB]

Musk must have been having fun pokingthru this stuff
bet it was security related engineers that volunteered from Tsla spacex to help dig up

 

[italian bread]

Are There Limits On Free Speech?​

There are limits to freedom of speech, and those limits boil down to public safety and honesty. The classic example of unprotected speech is screaming fire in a crowded room when there is no fire, as the welfare of the citizenry becomes paramount. Another example: protests require permits to ensure proper safety requirements are met.

 

[italian bread]

Do you see Elon deleting it? So he is OKAY with any kind of information. He is not going to baby you by shielding information only he wants you to see...which is what twitter 1.0 was.

What Are The Limits On Free Speech? - RM Warner Law | Defamation Law, Internet Law, Business Law

There are limits to freedom of speech, and those limits boil down to public safety and honesty.

 

[SmokyPeat]

Are There Limits On Free Speech?​

There are limits to freedom of speech, and those limits boil down to public safety and honesty. The classic example of unprotected speech is screaming fire in a crowded room when there is no fire, as the welfare of the citizenry becomes paramount. Another example: protests require permits to ensure proper safety requirements are met.

It's not actually illegal to yell fire in a crowded theater.

It’s Time to Stop Using the ‘Fire in a Crowded Theater’ Quote

Oliver Wendell Holmes made the analogy during a controversial Supreme Court case that was overturned more than 40 years ago.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Daniel in SD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1598838041371516929

Maybe because it has nothing to do with the first amendment? Seems like a journalist should know that. Khana seems to know the difference as he refers to “first amendment principles”.
It is funny to see it pointed out that Twitter’s suppression of the story actually brought more attention to the story though.

 

[italian bread]

Do you see Elon deleting it? So he is OKAY with any kind of information. He is not going to baby you by shielding information only he wants you to see...which is what twitter 1.0 was.

So why is Kanye now banned under Musk’s watch?

 

[Cosmacelf]

Biden wasn't president in 2020.

So it turns out it wasn’t only the Biden campaign who were pressuring Twitter before the election, it was Democratic Senate and House lawmakers, who, of course, had majorities and ran various investigative committees.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

So it turns out it wasn’t only the Biden campaign who were pressuring Twitter before the election, it was Democratic Senate and House lawmakers, who, of course, had majorities and ran various investigative committees.

And also the President himself was pressuring. Insane!!! Matt has the smoking gun here (see below for the goods).

With great power comes great responsibility. The head of government pressuring a private company…whoa.

[EDIT: It's annoying that mobile app currently does not allow image resizing, or some issue on my end does not allow it, not sure which.]