‘CitizenFreePress’ News Site Suspended From Elon Musk’s Twitter For Sharing This Video Of Obama Admitting Democrats Exploit Voting Machines

The Gateway Pundit ^ | November 19 , 2022 | Alicia Powe

[Macho MAGA Man]

CitizenFreePress, a heavily trafficked news aggregation site, was suspended from Twitter this week after sharing a video of former president Barack Obama campaigning in Ohio in 2008.

Obama is seen in the video telling a crowd in Philadelphia, Ohio boasting about Democrats controlling the election voting machines.

Barack Obama: “I tell you what, it helps in Ohio that we got Democrats in charge of the machines. But look, I come from Chicago so I want to be honest. It’s not as if it’s just Republicans who have monkeyed around with elections in the past, sometimes Democrats have too. Whenever people are in power they have this tendency to try to, you know, tilt things in their direction.”

[Macho MAGA Man]

Interesting move by Twitter

[PeterPrinciple]

“Though the video can still be viewed on Elon Musk’s platform, it now carries a warning label which claims the video is “misleading,” as well as noting that the clip can no longer be replied to, shared, or liked,”the publication notes.

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It is still there.

I can live with that “standard warning”.

[dsrtsage]

Come on, man

[DJ MacWoW]

I would bet some of this is automatic and needs to be rooted out of programming. Or it’s an H-B1 visa holder following “procedure”.

[PeterPrinciple]

New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,” Musk tweeted.

New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.

Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.

You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022

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Seem reasonable?

[PIF]

Musk is a democrat who only likes the words that he finds agreeable.

Hopes that he was for actual free speech was just more hopium.

[FreeReign]

New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,” Musk tweeted. New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.

Here come the nonsense rationalizations.

[Sarcazmo]

I wonder why they think it’s misleading? I read the text and as long as the video is unedited, it seems to me this would be historical record.

[Sarcazmo]

No kidding. Freedom of reach, what the heck does that even mean?

[V K Lee]

Was CFP banned or suspended? If suspended, for how long.
If the post is still shown (even w/a label) is far better than
being tossed out in the cold permanently. So the question remains could a post still be in the system if an account had been banned?
Chiming in not as a participant, but only an observer.

[markman46]

Yep it’s an autobot move

[Pollard]

Yeah, takes a while to rewrite a bunch of algorithms. He’s mostly taking stock of things and figuring out how things work. Also dealing with employees.

[adorno]

It’s not as if it’s just Republicans who have monkeyed around with elections in the past

That's the part that's controversial. It's Obama trying to say that republicans do it too. Not true, therefore, labeled as questionable.

[spacejunkie2001]

how can you live with it???? they’re blocking others from seeing it. pathetic site that has zero intention of honoring free speech

[PeterPrinciple]

ow can you live with it???? they’re blocking others from seeing it. pathetic site that has zero intention of honoring free speech

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Did you read the article? IT is still there.

[V K Lee]

In all fairness, Musk is showing a pair of walnuts.
His belief of free speech is showing: the post is still on
line for any to see. Has he once mentioned that he would be
abstaining from his free speech? It looks as though two points were being made which, to my understanding, is the
intention of an open forum. Not a tweeter and know little as to the operations before/after EM. Please consider these comments from one who resides outside the box.

[Mr. K]

if its the ex president actually saying it, it should not be banned

[spacejunkie2001]

“it now carries a warning label which claims the video is “misleading,” as well as noting that the clip can no longer be replied to, shared, or liked,”the publication notes.”

This is NOT free speech

[PeterPrinciple]

New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,” Musk tweeted. New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
Here come the nonsense rationalizations.

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All that has happened according to the article is that comments are not allowed and it will not be included for his advertising revenue.

We can still post it and comment on your own site such as FR. Others can find it and make their own judgment just without the comments.

I think it a pretty smart move. A way of controlling the discussion in an indirect way. Freedom of speech has never been absolute.

Our discussion is controlled here on FR also.
I am not on twitter nor intend to be.

[PeterPrinciple]

This is NOT free speech

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There is free speech to post it. That is free speech.

You have your free speech to make comments at another site such as FR.