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Unproven. So maybe he did, or maybe he didn't ban this one user. I stand corrected and thank you for bringing it to my attention. Fortunately it has little bearing on the main point of my post; Musk is either lying about his "commitment to free speech" or is hopelessly, ludicrously and pathetically ignorant about what it actually means.Did Elon Musk Ban User Who Posted Video of Musk Being Booed at Chappelle Show?
As the new owner of Twitter, Musk has instituted sweeping changes not entirely popular with users.
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Good old Onion. This part resonated most strongly for the last fortnight or so:LOLOL
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What counts as publicly available? "Lionel Messi is currently playing football in the Stade de France" would presumably be public information. Would "Lionel Messi is currently staying in Hotel X in room number Y" also be publicly available based on the fact that some member of the public knows it and the information can be compiled from a number of public clues?He's apparently now going to sue the person behind the "elonjet" account.
I find the 'logic' (such as it is) curious. Publicly available information apparently becomes life-threateningly dangerous if shared on Twitter (well, it does this week but didn't last week and who knows what he'll assert next week?). That could imply that the very existence of Twitter is life-threateningly dangerous. Interesting approach and perhaps another pointer he's deliberately running it into the ground.
It's also somewhat absurd if he really means what he says for once and "any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended."
Posting "Lionel Messi is currently playing football in the Stade de France" breaches the new rule and will see your account suspended.
As per, there's also a whiff of hypocrisy, given the allegations of Musk doxxing former employees by publishing the so-called "Twitter files."
Who's talking about hotels and room numbers? It's flight trackers he banned, after specifically stating he wouldn't and now he's just announced he's unbanning them again - another 180. Or I suppose it's a 360 now. That's becoming an increasing issue for those seeking to defend Musk's position on any given topic lately; he'll be contradicting you himself before you're finished defending him.
How much have you looked into what's going on and how much are you just running on the rumour mill? What is free speech? Classically it is the right to state your opinion (political, religious, philosophical or whatever) without consequence. It has never actually been the right to incite or direct others to endanger or harm other people or encourage others to do so (which is where a lot of the gray happens).
Well, indeed. That appears to be one of the main issues Elon Musk is very publicly struggling to come to terms with.
If a lot of people wanted to do you some harm and I ran a twitter channel telling people where to find you in real time - that is not me just stating my opinion. That is not free speech and twitter already viewed that as doxxing before Musk.
In what way is Elon's planes location public knowledge?
