When Musk says X is all about freedom of speech, remind him that one of its biggest owners is intimately tied to a government that executes people for mild criticism.

X is a megaphone for Musk and a tool to get political favours. X was already used to silence the opposition in Turkey and India during elections. A Saudi prince having a minority stake is a drop in a bucket of free speech violations.

it's basically his personal blog that he allows others to comment on. he bought it, I say let him have it!

Unfortunately for Musk the US Constitution doesn't apply everywhere.

Lately I've been thinking that the Chinese had a good point with their great firewall. The EU is already banning Russian media perhaps we should ad Americans to the list.

“Lately I’ve been thinking totalitarianism isn’t so bad”

it's fine if you can still elect your overlords every handful of years.

Until you can't

thankfully Americans have their guns! that'll save them from the government...

Agreed, and btw I'm suspecting GFW could be a funny one: have you seen a Chinese neckbeard on the Internet? I mean, don't you find suspiciously large fractions of them PLL locked solid on Western values above everything?

your point being ? Freedom of speech for US , we cannot enforce every country to have it

If one owner bans speech he doesn't like (@Elonjet), other owners will ask to do the same. Having control of speech on Twitter was likely a factor in the "investment".

The timeline of Musk buying Twitter was a trainwreck, so I don't think there were any factors, just an attempt at salvaging an awful deal.

Musk frequently comments on political issues in other countries.

X is under juridiction of a country intimately tied to genocide. No moral high ground in any "intimate ties" to any government involved.