Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by xwowsersx on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:23AM
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I'm not defending Musk's shutting down of Tesla's PR department or cancelling a preorder because he didn't like a journalist's article — and point well taken that those events might indicate his behavior/orientation — but these are hardly comparable in the sense that Twitter is fundamentally a speech platform - that's what it enables its users to do - whereas Tesla is not. To extrapolate from his behavior re Tesla to the way he views Twitter or would operate it seems like a stretch to me. It's possible for a person to bifurcate.
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by airza on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:25AM
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It seems extremely comparable. If Elon purports to believe that free, unmoderated speech is intrinsically valuable in society, why would he suddenly do an about face for his own companies? Isn't the point of being an absolutist that your belief in free speech is, well, absolute?
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by halfmatthalfcat on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:37AM
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No and Elon clarified in his latest TED interview that laws of the US would still apply to Twitter in regard to hate speech and the like.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by V__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:07AM
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Until Musk changes his mind, or China says, ban all mentions off Taiwan or say goodbye to your factory.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by SketchySeaBeast on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:27AM
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I'd argue that journalism relies on freedom of speech and Elon punished someone for expressing their opinion. If journalism doesn't require freedom of speech why would twitter?