Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by tomcam on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:24AM
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What about whistleblowers, human trafficking victims, and dissidents who require anonymity?
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by dfxm12 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:33AM
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What about whistleblowers
We know how Musk feels about whistleblowers:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon...
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by tzs on Monday April 25, 2022 @11:08AM
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Whistleblowers generally do not need anonymous public platforms. The generally can go through an intermediary that is not anonymous and that has a reputation for being trustworthy, that intermediary can look at their evidence and perhaps do some independent verification, and then can publish.
Similar for dissidents. They can generally find a party outside the reach of the regime they are dissidents of that also opposes that regime and agrees with the dissidents. They just need a secure way to communicate with that outside party. The outside party can then handle spreading the message on public platforms.