On: The proto-fascism of Elon Musk

[youngNed]

> He's pro free speech

Is he, aye? https://twitter.com/GlobalAffairs/status/1658208072215437314

[nerdchum → youngNed]

Turkey is restricting them. so rather than have the site taken down They're doing with the government requires but still fighting it in court?

I mean I don't know what you want them to do

[orwin → nerdchum]

'Fighting in court' in this case would mean 'wait until the election are done, Erdoğan will then give us permission to unban them so we can claim victory'.

Shutting Twitter down in Turkey until the elections are done would have been an acceptable alternative.

[nerdchum → orwin]

they're providing free speech as far as the government allows them is what Musk committed to.

this is not Twitter's fault. this is the Turkish government.

[msrenee → nerdchum]

Censoring opposition is distinctly not free speech. It would be better to shut down the platform for the period than remove certain voices. When only one side is allowed to speak, it gives the impression that they are a larger proportion of the population than they really are.

There's a difference between removing voices calling for violence and removing voices whose opinions go against the ruling party.