Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

Post by postingawayonhn » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 8:19 AM UTC

ergocoder wrote: post #602

WatchDog wrote: post #247

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Yeah, the hypocrisy is what annoys me the most. Not only does it contradict his direct statement about not banning @elonjet, it contradicts his statements about twitter policy being decided by a committee, as well as his numerous other statements about allowing free speech in general. The policy itself I think makes some sense, although it's interpretation is ripe for abuse, just posting any random picture of someone…

Why does it annoy you? If something might be harmful to my kids, I would ignore what I said earlier and protect my kids first. I don't give a shit if I will be labeled as a hypocrite. My family and kids come first no matter what. Wouldn't you do the same? Would you be like oh damn my kid has to die because I can't be a hypocrite?

Post by Kiro » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 8:22 AM UTC

Post by firsttimebigboy » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 8:22 AM UTC

kybernetyk wrote: post #621

geysersam wrote: post #605

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Feel for the guy and his family. But 1. This has nothing to do with the location of his private jet. 2. You can't do whatever you want, even to protect your family. Elon has a lot of power, he can't be allowed to abuse it because some guy decided to stalk him.

Twitter is his private property. He can ban whomever he wants.

Post by dale_glass » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 8:26 AM UTC

roenxi wrote: post #600

pgodzin wrote: post #310

Many people have been trying to get the point across that legal, unlimited free speech can put people in harm's way. Elon is happy to say that he's willing to trade harm to those people for his free speech principles, but as soon as his family is the one facing the repercussions, he's happy to change policy and sue.

> Many people have been trying to get the point across that legal, unlimited free speech can put people in harm's way. It would appear, based on empirical evidence, that in practice everyone agrees with this point. That may count as mission success for those many people. Was free speech absolutism ever something Musk put on the table? The issue that Musk is addressing is Twitter's systemic suppression of right-wing p…

Post by extropy » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 8:30 AM UTC

ssnistfajen wrote: post #625

baby wrote: post #622

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Come on. That is such a bad faith argument to read on HN. There is a difference between open data and someone publicizing it. I know you hate musk but let’s not write reddit-level comment please. If it had been a personality you liked you would have written a totally different comment.

Then why isn't OpenSky (where elonjet gets data from) and sites like Flightradar24 being sued by Elon then? They publish/provide the exact same info. The only bad faith argument here is claiming publishing publicly available information is somehow endangerment.