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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by pcwalton on Saturday March 29, 2025 @05:28PM (#43518877)
> Musk has made no attempt to suppress speech on Bluesky, Facebook, Reddit, Tiktok, etc.

This is false if "etc." includes Wikipedia, on which Musk has attempted to suppress speech critical of him [1].

[1]: https://theweek.com/media/elon-musk-wikipedia-controversy

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by WalterBright on Saturday March 29, 2025 @05:49PM (#43519016)
Musk made no attempt to use the courts or the law to bring down Wikipedia.

He did denounce Wikipedia, and called for people to not support it. That's not an attack on free speech.

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by pcwalton on Sunday March 30, 2025 @03:58PM (#43527085)
Bad timing on your post. Just today, Elon tried to get content he didn't like taken down from Reddit, using specious legal reasoning: https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-messaged-reddit-ceo-o...
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by WalterBright on Sunday March 30, 2025 @05:18PM (#43527742)
Calling for public execution of DOGE personnel is not free speech.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886501169154957587

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by brookst on Sunday March 30, 2025 @06:15PM (#43528223)
Ah, so Musk must have X systematically taking down calls for public execution of his political enemies, then? This is a legit exception to free speech absolutism and he is just asking Reddit to do the same thing he does on his platform.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by WalterBright on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:51AM (#43536406)
It's illegal to call for violence against others. It's also illegal to call for a violent attack against the government.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by lenkite on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:41PM (#43576776)
Calling for public execution on social media would have you banned under any administration except for the early days of the internet.
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