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It is not free speech suppression when a private company moderates its content. You want to peddle your crap then create your own platform, like the idiots did with Truth Social. Plus, I don't give a rats crap about the suppression of misinformation and lies.
 
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CrimsonNagus said:
It is not free speech suppression when a private company moderates its content. You want to peddle your crap then create your own platform, like the idiots did with Truth Social. Plus, I don't give a rats crap about the suppression of misinformation and lies.
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One day I'll tell the truth about suppression of free speech around here. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
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CrimsonNagus said:
It is not free speech suppression when a private company moderates its content.
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Of course it is, it's simple not protected as it's a not a government entity. That doesn't change the definition of what's happening.

I've ZERO issue with a private business suppressing free speech (content moderation) on its own platform - even if it's unfair in some way or another. Heck, we suppress free speech here on TF.com. But this was supposedly the impetus of Musk buying Twitter, so I'm interested to see what (if anything) is revealed.
 
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Of course it is, it's simple not protected as it's a not a government entity. That doesn't change the definition of what's happening.

I've ZERO issue with a private business suppressing free speech (content moderation) on its own platform - even if it's unfair in some way or another. Heck, we suppress free speech here on TF.com. But this was supposedly the impetus of Musk buying Twitter, so I'm interested to see what (if anything) is revealed.
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I agree and I'll at least look at what he has to offer. His mouth (or tweets in this case) have written a lot of checks his butt better be able to cash. I don't have a problem with the previous regime silencing dissent as long as they weren't doing so at the behest of the U.S. government; that I have a BIG problem with.
 
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crimsonaudio said:
Of course it is, it's simple not protected as it's a not a government entity. That doesn't change the definition of what's happening.

I've ZERO issue with a private business suppressing free speech (content moderation) on its own platform - even if it's unfair in some way or another. Heck, we suppress free speech here on TF.com. But this was supposedly the impetus of Musk buying Twitter, so I'm interested to see what (if anything) is revealed.
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Well yes, I agree. I was responding to his tweet about "free speech suppression" on twitter. I argue that there is no free speech on Twitter because the 1st amendment doesn't protect that and Twitter has the right to moderate however it wants, like TF.

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I agree and I'll at least look at what he has to offer. His mouth (or tweets in this case) have written a lot of checks his butt better be able to cash. I don't have a problem with the previous regime silencing dissent as long as they weren't doing so at the behest of the U.S. government; that I have a BIG problem with.
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This would turn it into a 1st amendment issue.
 
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CrimsonNagus said:
Well yes, I agree. I was responding to his tweet about "free speech suppression" on twitter. I argue that there is no free speech on Twitter because the 1st amendment doesn't protect that and Twitter has the right to moderate however it wants, like TF.


This would turn it into a 1st amendment issue.
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This would definitely depend on the context/source, and could be an exciting legal drama if the US was combating agitprop/misinformation coming from overseas bad actors through Twitter. We know the three letter acronym agencies work on these kinds of things all of the time.
 
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www.cnn.com

Kanye West's Twitter account has been suspended after Elon Musk says it violated rule against incitement to violence | CNN Business

Kanye West's Twitter account was suspended early Friday morning after Elon Musk said it violated the platform's rules on inciting violence.
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This guy.....I can only imagine what type of howling lunacy is going on inside his head. Props to Musk for doing this.
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So Musk solved a problem he himself created? Such a brilliant guy and defender of "free speech".
 
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