[ExI] Twitter and free speech

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 10:48 AM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.
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> Is this anything new?   bill w

> 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
>> of it.
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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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>> spike
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