Posted on 12/28/2024 2:44:06 PM PST by Angelino97
Elon Musk is facing censorship accusations after prominent right-wing accounts claimed they lost access to premium features on X when they criticised his views on immigration.
On Friday night, Musk called some anti-immigration Republicans "contemptible fools", adding they were "hateful, unrepentant racists" who would "absolutely be the downfall of the Republican Party if they are not removed".
At least 14 conservative accounts who criticised Musk's pro-legal immigration views said X revoked their blue tick, a verification badge given to premium account holders, according to Sky News' US partner NBC News.
That removed their ability to monetise their accounts and led to some saying they were worried about their ability to keep posting on the platform.
When Musk bought the site in 2022, he said he had a policy of "freedom of speech" but not "freedom of reach", meaning negative posts wouldn't be banned but would be "max deboosted", making them hard to find.
He said this policy would apply to individual tweets and not entire accounts.
Musk has since called himself a free-expression advocate, even as he called for jailing some of his critics.
X and Musk did not respond to NBC News' requests for comment on Friday
However on Thursday, the tech billionaire posted what he called a "reminder" on X: "If far more credible, verified subscriber accounts (not bots) mute/block your account compared to those who like your posts, your reach will decline significantly".
This led some to say he was "shadowbanning" people who disagreed with him.
Shadowbanning is when the reach of an account is significantly restricted without an official explanation or acknowledgement of the restriction.
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Well it’s his website.
Musk needs to just STFU for a while.
I got banned for talking about Penochete. Some free Speech advocate.
He’s probably a spelling nazi.
Ha. I actually think that Teump is a moderate , and that ALL leftists should be deported to Cuba or China.
>> according to Sky News’ US partner NBC News.
Sky UK is Comcast. NBC is Comcast. Comcast hates America. Comcast hates you!
That aside, my gut says Elon is protecting his engineering base however brutishly.
Yes, that’s right. Although where he’s taking X is disappointing to me, and it ought to be disappointing to every one else if they’re sane and value their first amendment rights.
That’s obviously for the best at this point.
lmao
Surprise! Musk is a hypocrite!
😂😂😂. It was all okee dokee to do that before he bought it.
We all are to a degree.
True but I think Elon is just having a bad couple of days . Hopefully he comes to his senses later
Yes, here’s hoping.
He had a bad couple of days when he called the guy who rescued those kids in a cave in Thailand, a pedo.
He has anger management issues. Don’t we all?
Everyone has a bad day but not everyone has one in front of millions of people. He should just take a few days off from the internet and relax.
Yep. Hes dead wrong on this.
We will have to wait until he comes down from all the ketamine and coke first
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