[ExI] Twitter and free speech

[Dylan Distasio]

Putting aside the current Ye discussion, the US government has weaponized
"private" social media companies who willingly do their bidding in terms of
censorship, account removals, and putting their thumb on the scale in
regard to elections.

We're now in a very dangerous situation in terms of preserving our
Constitutional rights because the current administration is using private
companies as conduits to circumvent the 1st and 2nd amendments.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 10:55 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Dave S via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* [ExI] Twitter and free speech
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> >…Musk/Twitter suspended Ye for posting a pic with a star of David and a
> swastika. They've also apparently suspended people critical of Musk. And
> the ex-president's account was only reactivated after a poll was in favor
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> >…Not exactly shining examples of freedom of speech, but good examples of
> "power corrupts".
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> -Dave
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> Sure, but Twitter is a private company.  Musk owns that.  He can do
> whatever he wants.  Musk has no political office, and so he has no
> “power.”  He can’t arrest anyone or stop anyone from exercising their right
> to free speech.
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> Fun question however:  are we ready to admit that money and political
> power have become indistinguishable?  How did that happen please?
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