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Somewhere an Elon fanboy is explaining why this is peak free speech
Excellent decision sir, human rights are overrated anyway
And failing at it...
Private platform. That was the argument before Elon took over, so I guess same works (or doesn't) here.
I mean technically it's the free speech of Elon to do whatever with his company, right? Like how the Colorado photographer didn't have to provide services to gays and how Amazon is no longer allowing BLM.
When the savior of humanity declared he was a "free speech absolutist" people misinterpreted his meaning.
He meant that he should have absolute authority over who should have free speech.
Legally, yes. Ethically, definitely no.
How most of society uses that term is not in the legal way, but in the ethical way, which is a topic all on its own; a weird disconnect.
No ethics or morals in a corporate world. Only the law and weighing the fines.
Society is not just a corporation.
Tell that to, I dunno, everyone else.
They certainly think so.
I've been wary of corporations since I first read Neuromancer.
Don't believe the shill/fiction. Regular people know what the score is.
And you get these smooth-brain takes like "Only the government can take away your free speech" because people think that "freedom of speech" and "the First Amendment" are one and the same.
As an ex Elon fanboy let me literally honestly try the best I can here...
The best I can come up with is, "Hi. Elon here. Revoking UAW's blue check was just a joke. Get it? Humour! I can humourise with the best of them. Ha. Ha. Ha."
This gives off such a movie "It's a Wonderful Life" vibe.
It is free speech as I would define it. The UAW had decided foolishly to communicate on a platform run by and for right wing reactionaries. Those asshats are free to moderate however they like, it’s their platform.
Stop using twitter you idiots! Using twitter gives legitimacy to the platform. The platform’s spreads nazi hate speech. What possible excuse does the UAW have for giving legitimacy to a nazi platform???
To be fair, the Arstechnica article doesn't mention this, the Intercept article that Arstechnica refers to does, and most people usually don't read double article in deep before commenting.
Where does it say that? I don't see it anywhere. I didn't see it mentioned in the article, either.