'Free Speech Absolutist' Elon Musk Under Fire After Apparently Admitting to Censoring Posts On Behal

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‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Under Fire After Apparently Admitting to Censoring Posts On Behalf of Gov Before Election

“Free Speech Absolutist” Elon Musk is being skewered for bowing to the whims of the Turkish government by agreeing to censor some posts ahead of the country’s elections.

Twitter Global Governance alerted users today, “In response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available to the people of Turkey, we have taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey today.”

“It takes less than two seconds to see that Musk’s framework — I’m a free speech absolutist … unless anybody threatens to shut off Twitter access, in which case, I’m for or against whatever they want — is laughably unworkable,” tweeted journalist Derek Thompson.

Thompson’s tweets were in response to a back-and-forth between Musk and journalist Matthew Yglesias over Twitter Global Governance’s announcement.

“The Turkish government asked Twitter to censor its opponents right before an election and @elonmusk complied – should generate some interesting Twitter Files reporting,” Yglesias tweeted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-under-fire-after-apparently-admitting-to-censoring-posts-on-behalf-of-gov-before-election/ar-AA1b9qYF


“Did your brain fall out of your head, Yglesias? The choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets. Which one do you want?” Musk tweeted.

[hippywife]

1. Well to be fair...

Yglesias's brain did fall out of his head years ago.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Private corporation, not government. Free speech does NOT apply.

Why is that such a mind boggling concept and distinction??

What law has been breached? None.

That can be changed, but not by screeds on the internet that begin with no foundation.

Regulate free speech by private corporations…Europe actually has a viable plan to do that, but it’s not the reality.

I like reality, it’s logic’s foundation.