Re: Elon Musk to Advertiser Trying To Control His Content - "Go Fuck Yourself !"

"56g.1173" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-blasts-advertisers-threatening
> -to-blackmail-him-by-pulling-ads-go-f-yourself 
> 
> . . .
> 
>    Musk became a rather unexpected major force
>    for free speech/expression.
> 

     Wrong. 


No One on Twitter Is Safe From Elon Musk
DEC 16, 2022

ELON MUSK’S COMMITMENT to near-absolute 
free speech has collapsed. When the 
entrepreneur launched his takeover bid 
for Twitter earlier this year, he said 
the platform should permit all legal 
speech. His shift away from that stance 
began this month when he blocked a tweet 
featuring a swastika from rapper Ye, 
formerly known as Kanye West. This week, 
he amped up his efforts and suspended 
more than 25 Twitter accounts posting 
public flight data, including that for 
his own private jet. And yesterday, 
several journalists who had reported on 
that purge were kicked off Twitter too, 
alongside the account of one of 
Twitter’s most notable competitors, 
Mastodon. 

Twitter’s moderation is seemingly guided 
less by set rules and more by what its 
owner wants at any moment. While Musk 
argues he’s protecting people from being 
doxed, this week he censored accounts 
freely—not for illegal speech, but because 
they offended him.

Twitter’s updated policy now covers posts 
containing what the site calls "private 
information." Twitter also blocks people 
from sharing photos and videos of private 
individuals. It offers exemptions for 
newsworthy events and "issues or events 
of public interest." Questions sent to 
Twitter about how this policy would be 
enforced were not answered. 
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-blocked-journalists-twitter/