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Elon Musk’s vision of ‘free speech’ will be bad for Twitter
WaPo ^ | 8 Apr 2022 | Ellen K Pao

Posted on 04/08/2022 2:20:45 PM PDT by Rummyfan

It takes a lot of money to become a board member of Twitter, but not a lot else apparently. With a large stock purchase, an abuser of the service — Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man — has now essentially bought himself a warm welcome from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. For those of us who care about equity and accountability, Musk’s appointment to such a prominent role at a platform that serves hundreds of millions of users daily is highly disconcerting — a slap in the face, even.

Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful, abusive or dangerous. Given his new influence, the way he himself has used the platform bodes ill for its future. Musk paid $20 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and stepped down as Tesla’s chairman, after tweeting what the SEC said was misleading information about a potential transaction to take the company private; the settlement also required that any Musk tweets about the company’s finance be reviewed by lawyers. (He continues to flout SEC rules, failing to notify the agency immediately last month when he passed the threshold of owning 5 percent of Twitter’s shares. The 11-day delay in that declaration may have netted him $156 million, experts say — since shares shot up after investors learned of his purchases.)

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To: Rummyfan

Twitter might become the perfect gateway platform for his constellation of G5 satellites.


41 posted on 04/08/2022 3:30:51 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, bust that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Rummyfan

Ellen Pao state: “Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful, abusive or dangerous.”

Free speech means I am free to say what I wish, even if you find it hateful, abusive or dangerous.
Free speech means you are free to say what you wish, even I find it hateful, abusive or dangerous.
Free speech means you are free not to listen to me and I am free not to listen to you.

So what is the problem with free speech, Ms. Pao? We are both treated equally and truly free speech creates the “equitable outcome” you progressives claim to cherish.


42 posted on 04/08/2022 3:40:33 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: Tell It Right

“Oh, no! We might have mean tweets! LOL”

As you know, we already have them; and, as you know, if they’re by lefties they’re allowed.


43 posted on 04/08/2022 3:54:10 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: Rummyfan

All I had to see was WashPo and knew it was not worth reading


44 posted on 04/08/2022 4:01:44 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: Rummyfan

I was on the fence about the whole thing. I wondered what changes Musk would actually do, compared to what everyone predicted he’ll do.

But now that I know the Washington Compost hates it, I love it.


45 posted on 04/08/2022 4:43:00 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Rummyfan

“Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech...”

Stop restricting free speech and people will start thinking they are free. Pao: “Quick, get them back in their cells!”


46 posted on 04/08/2022 4:53:04 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: V_TWIN

I don’t trust Musk any further than I can throw him. But, we’ll see.


47 posted on 04/08/2022 5:02:33 PM PDT by rbbeachkid (Get out of its way and small business can fix the economy.)
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To: Rummyfan

All the right enemies.


48 posted on 04/08/2022 5:25:46 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: Rummyfan

Rd and laugh at the Compost later.


49 posted on 04/09/2022 2:31:05 AM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: Rummyfan

Anyone paying attention to whats going on in space right now...?

SpaceEx capsule just told it can’t dock for a couple hours...


50 posted on 04/09/2022 4:55:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Spok

A Leftist believes that only Leftists should have free speech, or any other rights.

Non-leftists are fascists, to be exterminated.


51 posted on 04/09/2022 6:28:59 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Soul of the South
Ellen Pao state: “Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful, abusive or dangerous.”

To the Left, any speech which may convince people to not support the Left's agenda is "hateful, abusive, or dangerous".

52 posted on 04/09/2022 6:33:27 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: SauronOfMordor
To the Left, any speech which may convince people to not support the Left's agenda is "hateful, abusive, or dangerous".

Any bill that protects American citizens is dubbed 'controversial' too. We hear a lot of that in Florida - DeSantis gets under their skin.

53 posted on 04/09/2022 6:39:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignorinbg reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Rummyfan
Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful...

Conservatives see liberal speech as hateful and hurtful ... Too bad Washington Post idiots can't see that - yeah 'groom our kids' liberals - that's not hateful. /s

54 posted on 04/09/2022 6:45:31 AM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignorinbg reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Political Junkie Too
It takes a lot of money to become a board member of Twitter, but not a lot else apparently.
Have the journalists at WaPo ever heard of Jeff Bezos?

55 posted on 04/09/2022 6:49:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignorinbg reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Pollard

And a Russian agent.


56 posted on 04/09/2022 6:52:18 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: SmokingJoe

I’ve never paid any attention to either Musk or Bezos.

I will, now.


57 posted on 04/09/2022 6:57:21 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: Rummyfan

WaPo are POS. They complain about Musk and say nothing about “fairness” and “equity” when it comes to Twitter censorship.


58 posted on 04/09/2022 7:06:20 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Rummyfan; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...

Gosh, Jeff Bezos’ garbage wrapper, the Washington ComPost, criticizes Elon Musk?


59 posted on 04/09/2022 7:12:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dforest
I didn’t know free speech had certain visions.

We may only speak freely in service of a collectivist vision. Other, reactionary visions must be crushed. /s

60 posted on 04/09/2022 7:25:37 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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