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Elon & Twitter
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smogne41
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Twitter auto-banning working about as well as Tesla auto-wipers. They are not just banning real-time locations, but apparently just airport codes now:
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Don't do it Elon! You can turn things around! Suicide is never the answer!
ElectricIAC
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If it ever did there's no one left to run it.
In a way. I think this post of his is using Twitter as a suicide hotline.
It's almost like he's reveling in the chaos at this point. (Has kinda felt that way the entire year, actually.)
super healthy for all parties involved.
EVNow
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Raisin45567
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There would have been no Tesla if he had listened to critics or been just aware of common standards of decency. Trait doesn’t translate well to social media.
Daniel in SD
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So, any bets on who Elon’s going to get to reveal the shocking news that Twitter censored COVID tweets? Alex Berenson?
lol. probably. he was as right about Covid as Elon. Lol. Zero cases by April 2020 or so and herd immunity by summer 2020...
EVNow
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as I said ... "Elon twitter files" will be lit. At least with Trump ban you had a bunch of people discussing a ban and some objecting... this latest ban fest from last night gives me a strong "direct order from Elon" vibe
EVNow
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Congress has obviously nothing to do with this and deleting tweets and links to ElonsJet isn't a 1A issue. But neither is deleting tweets and links to Hunter Bidens NYPost story. Twitter as a private / public company can set their own rules... ironically both sides seem to forget that but "Elon's side" and his new friends are already announcing congressional hearing desires about twitters handling of Hunters laptop stories... so maybe add this episode of banning journalists to the hearing while you're at it
It definitely is a very dominant player in its specific industry.
But thats not the issue - there are specific rules all the "platforms" have to follow. When they don't they can be hauled before the Congress, just like DOJ can start investigations.
I see a lot of comments where people say "its a private company, it can do whatever it wants". NO, it can't. We are not in a Laissez-faire dystopia. They have to follow the laws of the land. If they censor willy-nilly, they lose protections under section 230.
Section 230 is Good, Actually
Even though it’s only 26 words long, Section 230 doesn’t say what many think it does. So we’ve decided to take up a few kilobytes of the Internet to explain what, exactly, people are getting wrong about the primary law that defends the Internet.Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230) is one of the most...
Sunvalleylaw
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Yes, technically Twitter is privately owned so technical "free speech" concepts under the First A don't necessarily apply. However, Elon specifically wanted to buy Twitter to protect "free speech" so in that context, criticism of his "efforts" to do so is fair game.Congress has obviously nothing to do with this and deleting tweets and links to ElonsJet isn't a 1A issue. But neither is deleting tweets and links to Hunter Bidens NYPost story. Twitter as a private / public company can set their own rules... ironically both sides seem to forget that but "Elon's side" and his new friends are already announcing congressional hearing desires about twitters handling of Hunters laptop stories... so maybe add this episode of banning journalists to the hearing while you're at it
ElectricIAC
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You know, that would actually be pretty appropriate.
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