@athousandyoung saidThat is personal information that some wacko might use to try to assassinate him. Completely understandable.
Musk has started censoring people on Twitter
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/teenager-who-tweets-out-elon-musks-jet-location-vows-to-continue-after-takeover/
@metal-brain saidI agree. Hopefully he's just adamant about protecting everyone whose personal information is posted on Twitter.
That is personal information that some wacko might use to try to assassinate him. Completely understandable.
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@metal-brain saidThere were understandable reasons for all Twitter's bans in the past.
That is personal information that some wacko might use to try to assassinate him. Completely understandable.
In addition Twitter may get banned from various nations because it breaks the laws of those places. At the same time Musk will be forced to spread their propaganda, unless he decides to agree with the former bans on political spam.
The damage that will be done to Twitter's stock price if it loses out on all those markets will be interesting to see.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3175837/twitter-censorship-conundrum-elon-musk-champion-free-speech
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-moderation-eu-dsa-thierry-breton-2022-4
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@sh76 saidUnless they take their audience with them. Then it would be Twitter letting go of those people.
Heh.
The Musk story is truly a bizarre a story as I've ever seen.
The richest person in the world (who is there because of incredible overvaluation of his nice but not dominant company) spends $50 billion to buy a platform just because it did things that aggravated him. Musk was already the greatest troll of our generation, but this is legend. Fiction writers wouldn't dar ...[text shortened]... rks with large followings will fuss a bit but hang on. It's hard to let go of that sort of audience.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/twitter-fluctuations-follower-counts-after-musk-deal-organic/
Former President Barack Obama, who holds the most followed account on Twitter, lost more than 300,000 followers after the news broke, according to NBC News. Katy Perry lost more than 200,000 followers. Hours after the deal was announced, “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamil noted in a tweet that he had experienced a notable drop in followers.
You gotta love the spin put on this. Elon Musk drove 500,000 Twitter users away and the article implies that Obama somehow lost something. I doubt President Obama is relying on Twitter for personal financial success.
But I'm sure the influx of conservatives and foreign political spam that might replace those people will protect your access to intelligent and relevant information. Because of course the correlation you noted between the liberal bias you perceived and the access to such intelligent posters was in no way connected. Simply coincidence.
@athousandyoung saidThat is not true. Twitter permanently suspended mRNA inventor Dr. Robert Malone for telling the truth.
There were understandable reasons for all Twitter's bans in the past.
In addition Twitter may get banned from various nations because it breaks the laws of those places. At the same time Musk will be forced to spread their propaganda, unless he decides to agree with the former bans on political spam.
The damage that will be done to Twitter's stock price if it lo ...[text shortened]... -speech
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-moderation-eu-dsa-thierry-breton-2022-4
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/modern-day-censorship/big-tech-censorship-twitter-permanently-suspends-mrna-inventor-dr-robert-malone/
@metal-brain saidhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/technology/robert-malone-covid.html
That is not true. Twitter permanently suspended mRNA inventor Dr. Robert Malone for telling the truth.
"Dr. Malone also routinely sells himself on the shows as the inventor of mRNAs. While he was involved in some early research into the technology, his role in its creation was minimal at best, say half a dozen Covid experts and researchers, including three who worked closely with Dr. Malone."
Malone was banned hours after AP fact-checked Malone's claims and found them false:
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-909559662864
@athousandyoung saidIf I was in Musk's position, I would retaliate by putting up a tracking source of this creep
Musk has started censoring people on Twitter
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/teenager-who-tweets-out-elon-musks-jet-location-vows-to-continue-after-takeover/
so that *his* locale is known 24/7.
But that's just me :-)
@vivify saidso a news organization knows more about medicine than a doctor
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/technology/robert-malone-covid.html
"Dr. Malone also routinely sells himself on the shows as the inventor of mRNAs. While he was involved in some early research into the technology, his role in its creation was minimal at best, say half a dozen Covid experts and researchers, including three who worked closely with Dr. Malone."
Ma ...[text shortened]... ked Malone's claims and found them false:
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-909559662864
?
you folks and your censorship is very authoritarian
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@mott-the-hoople saidBy that logic, every right-wing news outlet should the hell up about Fauci...right?
so a news organization knows more about medicine than a doctor
@earl-of-trumps saidDoes "this creep" have a plane?
If I was in Musk's position, I would retaliate by putting up a tracking source of this creep
so that *his* locale is known 24/7.
But that's just me :-)
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@athousandyoung saidSurprise, surprise. All those tech bros have big mouths but long toes, and his are among the biggest and longest.
Musk has started censoring people on Twitter