[ExI] Twitter and free speech

[Dylan Distasio]

IMO, yes, especially to the degree it is happening now.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 11:59 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 10:48 AM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 10:55 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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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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