Elon Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," agreed to censor Twitter in Turkey on Saturday, the day before a critical election, at the request of the nation's autocratic government. The decision is a sharp break from how Twitter responded to the censorship requests of the current regime, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, before Musk bought the company. Musk has lucrative business dealings with the incumbent Turkish government through his company SpaceX.
This is how fascism will come here as well, recent appeasement of trump by ABC CBS CNN are more serious even than in 2015 and the media seeing DeSantis as a "reasonable" alternative to trump ignores how fascist takeover of FL already. How has nobody come up with an alternative to twitter, how has DOJ not investigated twitter as a foreign agent at this point?
I was wondering if Elon Musk was censoring Erdogan and Modi criticism purely on ideological lines (while also being hypocritical about free speech), but it's oddly reassuring to read about his business deals in Turkey and India. When there's money to be made, rest assured men like Musk will chase it no matter the damage it might cause.
Musk is working on the side of Putin. Whatever the reason, that's all I need to know. He's dangerous, now one of the most dangerous men in the world. His links to likely Russian asset Dana Rohrbacher are suspicious. Was he targeted for kompromat early in his career? He's also turning Twitter to the far right supremacist realm. He's working against freedom and democracy and is not a friend of the US or our allies. Simply put, he's a bad guy.
Elon Musk uses Twitter to facilitate State Sponsored Terror!
(because profit means more than any f-ing thing or any f-ing one of you)
The preceding message was sponsored by; Tesla Corporation, Starlink and Erdogan Partners (a limited liability corporation) in a special partnership with Twitter and others.
Musk is a terrible person. He is not for free speech at all. He does what benefits himself. An elitist in every sense of the word. Only doing things to benefit himself and increase his wealth.
Musk is showing how he goes about getting his wealth. He is no genius. He blunders his way along with his businesses and is more than happy to comply when there’s money involved. He took advantage of breaks he got through the US government and turns around and happily does business with despotic regimes if he can make a buck. I hope he one day meets an appropriate end.
More evidence (based on further info) of what we The People assumed about Musk’s Twitter “Free Speech” policy. It’s bullshit. It’s whimsical. It’s whatever he decides when he decides. And descends further into madness with each day if my feed is any indication.
Musk is a chaos agent who cares not a wit about anything but his own self aggrandizing interests. Most amazing is how transparently he illustrates his complete indifference to his fellow humans.
He and the ever increasing population of filthy rich jerks is exhausting and at some point in time regular people will loudly say 'ENOUGH'.
I am amazed Musk found someone to become a CEO. Like working for the man who shan't be named...it won't end well. Why folks listen to or follow someone like Musk, I will never understand. Stop using Twitter and starve the company.
Thank you, Judd Legum, once again. Not a Twitter member, nor social media user, I am aware of Twitter's influence, but I would not have known about Musk's recent censorship of Turkey's election. Not surprising, though. Musk seems to enjoy his illiberality and shoulder-rubbing with despots, demagogues, and deadbeats. His adolescent "look at me" boosterism is particularly annoying when all signs point to his hypocrisy and corporate elitism. I am always wondering, however, why people remain on a platform that is anti-human rights and run by a teenager.
Twitter’s selective censorship for the profit of the brands of Musk is deplorable and certainly not in alliance with any allegiance to free speech. He is doing irreparable harm to the citizens of nations seeking the truth for fair elections. May he be rewarded in a very negative way (expletives deleted) for interference in the process of governing elsewhere and in the coming elections in America in 2024. Ideally, his rockets will continue to blow up as his stock prices fall in all his financial interests. His allegiance is to whatever 💰💰💰 he holds on a given day, his hobbies, nothing more. He is likewise a narcissist caring not about the outcomes and welfare of others. Twitter will fall completely in time as selective approval of postings will not be tolerated as readers glean the whole stories elsewhere.
In contrast: “Wikipedia was banned in Turkey for nearly three years, beginning in 2017, after it "refused to delete articles critical of the country's government." Instead, Wikipedia challenged the Turkish government's actions in court. In January 2020, Wikipedia won, and access was restored. Wales argued that Wikipedia's actions demonstrated what it "means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan."
When people show you who they are, believe them.
Musk is an autocrat, he is not a genius, he is a leech, feeding off the genius and work of others.
This is how fascism will come here as well, recent appeasement of trump by ABC CBS CNN are more serious even than in 2015 and the media seeing DeSantis as a "reasonable" alternative to trump ignores how fascist takeover of FL already. How has nobody come up with an alternative to twitter, how has DOJ not investigated twitter as a foreign agent at this point?
I was wondering if Elon Musk was censoring Erdogan and Modi criticism purely on ideological lines (while also being hypocritical about free speech), but it's oddly reassuring to read about his business deals in Turkey and India. When there's money to be made, rest assured men like Musk will chase it no matter the damage it might cause.
Musk is working on the side of Putin. Whatever the reason, that's all I need to know. He's dangerous, now one of the most dangerous men in the world. His links to likely Russian asset Dana Rohrbacher are suspicious. Was he targeted for kompromat early in his career? He's also turning Twitter to the far right supremacist realm. He's working against freedom and democracy and is not a friend of the US or our allies. Simply put, he's a bad guy.
In the headlines of history:
Elon Musk uses Twitter to facilitate State Sponsored Terror!
(because profit means more than any f-ing thing or any f-ing one of you)
The preceding message was sponsored by; Tesla Corporation, Starlink and Erdogan Partners (a limited liability corporation) in a special partnership with Twitter and others.
We should know who and what Musk is and about. Drop Twitter now.
Musk is a terrible person. He is not for free speech at all. He does what benefits himself. An elitist in every sense of the word. Only doing things to benefit himself and increase his wealth.
Musk is showing how he goes about getting his wealth. He is no genius. He blunders his way along with his businesses and is more than happy to comply when there’s money involved. He took advantage of breaks he got through the US government and turns around and happily does business with despotic regimes if he can make a buck. I hope he one day meets an appropriate end.
Thank you for this story. Keep shining light on darkness.
More evidence (based on further info) of what we The People assumed about Musk’s Twitter “Free Speech” policy. It’s bullshit. It’s whimsical. It’s whatever he decides when he decides. And descends further into madness with each day if my feed is any indication.
Musk is a chaos agent who cares not a wit about anything but his own self aggrandizing interests. Most amazing is how transparently he illustrates his complete indifference to his fellow humans.
He and the ever increasing population of filthy rich jerks is exhausting and at some point in time regular people will loudly say 'ENOUGH'.
I am amazed Musk found someone to become a CEO. Like working for the man who shan't be named...it won't end well. Why folks listen to or follow someone like Musk, I will never understand. Stop using Twitter and starve the company.
Thank you, Judd Legum, once again. Not a Twitter member, nor social media user, I am aware of Twitter's influence, but I would not have known about Musk's recent censorship of Turkey's election. Not surprising, though. Musk seems to enjoy his illiberality and shoulder-rubbing with despots, demagogues, and deadbeats. His adolescent "look at me" boosterism is particularly annoying when all signs point to his hypocrisy and corporate elitism. I am always wondering, however, why people remain on a platform that is anti-human rights and run by a teenager.
Twitter’s selective censorship for the profit of the brands of Musk is deplorable and certainly not in alliance with any allegiance to free speech. He is doing irreparable harm to the citizens of nations seeking the truth for fair elections. May he be rewarded in a very negative way (expletives deleted) for interference in the process of governing elsewhere and in the coming elections in America in 2024. Ideally, his rockets will continue to blow up as his stock prices fall in all his financial interests. His allegiance is to whatever 💰💰💰 he holds on a given day, his hobbies, nothing more. He is likewise a narcissist caring not about the outcomes and welfare of others. Twitter will fall completely in time as selective approval of postings will not be tolerated as readers glean the whole stories elsewhere.
Musk is just a "Mini-T"(rump).
In contrast: “Wikipedia was banned in Turkey for nearly three years, beginning in 2017, after it "refused to delete articles critical of the country's government." Instead, Wikipedia challenged the Turkish government's actions in court. In January 2020, Wikipedia won, and access was restored. Wales argued that Wikipedia's actions demonstrated what it "means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan."