Elon Musk V. Twitter
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unless he gets a group of people with him i don't think he can and I doubt anyone else would agree to take it private. He may be trying to pump then dump. I doubt 54 would be accepted when it was 70 not that long ago.
Well.... That's actual free speech though lol, the right to speak "s***" from ones point of view but not from others.
It actually isn't. Free speech is about being able to speak and not have your government restrict you. I can be critical of any of our elected officials in any forum and not have police/military show up on my door. In Russia, if you were to write an article criticizing the war or even marched with a protest sign, you'd be jailed or worse.
Even free speech is limited to dangerous speech (yelling "fire" in a croweded place that would cause a panic) or things that fall under libel/slander. Most people who scream "free speech" are angry because of the consequences of their free speech. It is usually someone else's free speech that they object to.
Trump told people on Jan 6th to "march on the capitol" and people died because of it. This isn't protected speech, but a crime.
Free speech does not apply to publicly owned social media sites or any other site.
That's long post saying what I basically said, relax amerikan.It actually isn't. Free speech is about being able to speak and not have your government restrict you. I can be critical of any of our elected officials in any forum and not have police/military show up on my door. In Russia, if you were to write an article criticizing the war or even marched with a protest sign, you'd be jailed or worse.
Even free speech is limited to dangerous speech (yelling "fire" in a croweded place that would cause a panic) or things that fall under libel/slander. Most people who scream "free speech" are angry because of the consequences of their free speech. It is usually someone else's free speech that they object to.
Trump told people on Jan 6th to "march on the capitol" and people died because of it. This isn't protected speech, but a crime.
Free speech does not apply to publicly owned social media sites or any other site.
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People that don't like billionaires deciding what they can or cannot say are oddly excited about the idea of a billionaire deciding what they can or cannot say
From a guy living in a country where money decides who can run for the presidency lol
Its because they desperatley need attention from libs. If a goood chunk of left leaning people left twitter the right would follow and twitter would die.
I’ll admit, I watched the Texas opening event there other day. And there were moments….
Welcome to the open white trash, terrorist, hate, racist, nazi, completely false information timeline of twitter.
I'll delete my account as soon as it goes through. I like Twitter but I won't be part of the right's twisted view of free speech. Twitter already has free speech. Sorry if people think inciting an armed rebellion against this country which results in multiple deaths should be covered under "free speech".
I got an 8 hour ban for what I posted on Twitter. I was responding to an article where a woman punched another woman who was coaching a kids game, because the woman didn't like the coaches telling her to stop screaming in the stands. She was arrested. I commented on the article saying her punishment should be that she get punched in the face from the coach. The 8 hour account ban was instant, so I assume it was flagged by violence by the word punch the woman in the face.
That isn't free speech IMO.
Problem is what is free speech here and who should determine it? Can I call you the N word? Our free speech means I can so shouldn't I on twitter too? Can I encourage people to overthrow the government?
Its still going to be billionaires deciding what you can and can't say even if its one people think is cool.
Well, is it free speech? Or is it free speech*
*you can say what we allow you to say
Yeah, so this was a bot that banned you, some AI routine that saw some words and banned you. No human ever looked at it.
Saying someone should be punched in the face is not covered by free speech, even if it is made in jest or no actual threat. What if someone did go and punch her? Your intentions are obvious, but some AI routine isn't going to know that.
Honestly, don't say people should be punched in the face. I think you survived 8 hours.