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Re:Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete... by f38zf5vdt on Monday April 17, 2023 @05:49PM (#35607095)
One of the more bizarre parts of the Musk-Twitter saga has been Musk's unyielding support for censorship of tweets critical of Modi. [1] I don't really understand why someone who claims to be dedicated to free speech would ever take such a position? Does he intend for his "Everything App" to dominate South Asia rather than North America?

[1] https://theintercept.com/2023/03/28/twitter-modi-india-punja...

Re:Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete... by jutrewag on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:00PM (#35607201)
Because generally the right isn’t for free speech, just the free speech that supports their perspective. They’re literally defunding public libraries as we speak.
Re:Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete... by blueyoda on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:16PM (#35607903)
I know tons of people from both political spectrums who are pro-free-speech. I also know people who support free-speech that only supports their views. Nonetheless, you are correct in that there are right-wingers who are hypocrites by claiming to be pro-free-speech but then defunding libraries. Many on the left do this too, unfortunately. They claim to be for freedom but then advocate for the censorship of "misinformation" - a term that is currently being twisted to fit different political agendas.