Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists

Post by asteroidbelt » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

mexicanandre wrote: post #36

c54 wrote: post #29

The wave of bans from the muskjet thing has been quite dramatic. It'll be interesting to see if the people who've been lauding musk for his supposedly pro free speech attitudes will reckon with what's been happening in actuality, or if they'll just accept this as "freedom for me but not for thee".

Look at the responses. They are all cheering it. Pathetic

Post by duxup » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

barbariangrunge wrote: post #296

> Update: Musk just weighed in on the suspensions, characterizing them as intentional. “Same doxxing rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone else,” he tweeted in a reply. > It’s worth noting that the policy these accounts violated, a prohibition against sharing “live location information,” is only 24 hours old. It seems like a good rule, but in this case the application of the rule seems less impersonal than it c…

Post by kjksf » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

thefourthchime wrote: post #219

andrewflnr wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that this is a good defense, but I think "genuinely scared for his or his child's safety" is a real possibility. Especially if he (rightly or wrongly, no comment there) thinks someone threatened his child... well, protecting your children is one of the more powerful instincts humans have, one of the handful powerful enough to outweigh an ego like Elon's. Plus he has to be at least a little frazzled by Twitter hav…

I like how he’s all of a sudden someone who pretends to spend any time with his countless children from countless wives. A family man isn’t a brand he’s been going for up until now.

Post by colechristensen » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 4:14 AM UTC

hackcasual wrote: post #2

Difficult not to see this as anything other petulance. It's Musk's site and he's free to do whatever he wants with it, but this seems squarely against "any legal speech will be allowed"

Post by spritefs » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 4:15 AM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #397

hcnews wrote: post #132

As an early Tesla investor (from early-mid 2010s), I find Elon's behaviour change over last 2-3 years pretty toxic and inhumane. From the days of fighting california for covid lockdowns to now hiding behind "free speech" doing whatever he wants anyways (which is sucking up to republicans and russians and who knows who else). I want to say this isn't 100% unexpected (some people show true behaviour openly only once th…

> ... some people show true behaviour openly only once they have nothing to lose Look at Kanye. He has probably lost more than a billion dollars by openly becoming a (literal) Nazi. That's a significant portion of his wealth. He will probably never recover from that. He's gone from being beloved for his music to being a pariah. I saw this to illustrate having nothing to lose I don't think is an accurate assessment. A…