Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by halfmatthalfcat on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:28PM (#33375375)

I think the Venn Diagram of free speech absolutists and competent developers is a lot smaller than Elon and most people realize.

Twitter has never been nor propertied itself to be a bastion of free speech, so I always find this pearl-clutching at "meddling in X" funny. It's a private company, it can do as it please.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by tunesmith on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:38PM (#33375567)

I think there are hardly any free speech absolutists these days. Who's standing up for free speech when it's free speech they detest? Instead it's a bunch of people loudly defending their free speech.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by amadeuspagel on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:32PM (#33375452)

> Twitter has never been nor propertied itself to be a bastion of free speech

"We are the free speech wing of the free speech party"[1]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/22/twitter-tony-w...

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by dontknowwhyihn on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:43PM (#33375640)

“Free speech absolutists” is just a propaganda term for “People who say things I don’t like.”

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