A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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    1 year ago

    The “free speech absolutist” strikes again to silence speach he personally doesn’t like.

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      It’s so mortifying that I bought into the Mush hype for a few years. It’s one of those “embarrassing things you did as a kid” levels of self cringe.

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        When he was just running Tesla and SpaceX, and generally keeping his mouth shut he seemed okay. It was around Hyperloop that he started to show his true self.

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      “By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.”

      – Musk Tweeted that after getting criticized for censoring Twitter in Turkey and India. So apparently if North Korea allowed Twitter, he’d happily censor away since that would be the law.

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        The good ol “Everything I say has super smart and deep meaning that needs to be explained everytime I make seemingly absurd, contradictory and short-sighted comments.” What a deep, mysterious and nuanced fellow.

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      Well he was right about one thing. Humour is legal again because this is hilarious.

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      This isn’t even just free speech it’s research. This mother fucker likes to sell himself as a tech-space-science-invovation guy when it’s clear he’s just an anti-intellectual grifter.