Sarah McLaughlinSince his takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has maintained that by “free speech” he “simply mean[s] that which matches the law." India's latest censorship campaign shows why that's very wrong, both as an understanding of free speech and as a way to run a global platform. https://www.thefire.org/news/censorship-india-exposes-gap-between-free-speech-and-law
Also, perceiving free speech as something to do with majority views is wrong at its core. The whole point of free speech is to ensure that minority viewpoints aren't crushed by the majority that wishes to see them silenced. Even if a censorship law did reflect the will of a majority of people, that does not make it pro-free speech somehow.
Days later, Twitter is still blocking links to the BBC documentary about Modi and Musk has yet to say anything about the censorship other than that he didn't know about it. That was 6 days ago. https://kenklippenstein.substack.com/p/elon-musk-continues-to-block-access
marktaylor@sarahemclaugh How much is Modi paying Musk?
Brian Dear@sarahemclaugh One of many consequences a company faces with an extremely part-time CEO/owner whose attention is almost always elsewhere, and doesn’t care.
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Kevin Carson@sarahemclaugh Someday that's gonna be the story when they ask about what happened to Elon -- a bunch of people standing around saying "we didn't know about it."
imbou@sarahemclaugh @mmasnick freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!
SunnySideUp@sarahemclaugh He knew about it
Angry Centrist@sarahemclaugh Elmo is too busy suspending accounts at the behest of Andy Ngo to make a show of free speech advocacy apparently.
kerplunk@sarahemclaugh What a phony. I just wish his fanboys would open their eyes. Seriously, what else do you need to see?
Michael Vilain@sarahemclaugh I was able to find the video on bittorrent sites. It's out there, just harder to find.
Sadly, I'm sure if I posted it to Youtube, they'd block my account. The BBC still has copyright over it.
Gurtbeef Robe@sarahemclaugh @DemocracyMatters Elon musk (minus the $) is what happens when you homeschool your kids.
Robin from Colorado 🇺🇸🇺🇦@sarahemclaugh it’s to insure we can protest our government peacefully. That criticism of government isn’t oppressed. Private enterprise is not bound by these principles.
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺Mob rule ≠ democracy
Bruce Elrick@sarahemclaugh We should survive the paradox of tolerance via social pressure and norms, not using the law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
