Alex WildIf this policy is true, anyone with enough money to run a verified Twitter bot farm can buy the suppression of any account and bury any story they dislike.
That’s the end. Right there.
Imagine trying to follow protests in Iran with Elon Musk taking money from Iranian bot farms to hide all relevant tweets.
“That’s a fine thought you have there. Be a real shame if something happened to it.
But if you pay up for Twitter Blue, we can assure you’ll be protected…”
Sorry, forgot the alt-text on the image. It’s a screen-cap of a Musk tweet, “Twitter will start incorporating mute & block signals from Blue Verified (not Legacy Blue) as downvotes”
Just Matthew 🙏@alexwild
So it's "pay to un-free speech" now?
So it's "pay to un-free speech" now?
@Irreverent_B Musk would love an arms race where alternate sides of any issue try to outspend each other, right into Musk’s pockets. When really, the smart move is for everyone to just not play.