Post AVdfm5Jd8mG15ryhsm by jab01701mid@universeodon.com
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(DIR) Post #AVcxWxYhIpJai10GB6 by juddlegum@journa.host
2023-05-13T22:56:20Z
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Elon Musk, who claimed to be a "free speech absolutist," is censoring tweets in Turkey ahead of critical elections at the request of the autocrats currently in power
(DIR) Post #AVcxWyQw3AhTQENZia by elnach@novoa.nagoya
2023-05-13T23:23:57.428Z
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@juddlegum@journa.host well would you look at that, he's almost acting like fediverse admins :rei_smug:
(DIR) Post #AVdAssz6HxPuIV8eMS by wenzel@calckey.social
2023-05-13T23:23:59.717Z
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@juddlegum@journa.host Interesting for which country he is a free speech absolutist.
(DIR) Post #AVdfhbXVuCBDaQKrvU by bkmnus@mastodon.social
2023-05-13T23:02:24Z
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@juddlegum Right after SpaceX (Musk owned) signed a contract to launch a satellite for Turkey.https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1657448904793767938
(DIR) Post #AVdfm5Jd8mG15ryhsm by jab01701mid@universeodon.com
2023-05-13T23:31:36Z
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@juddlegum The context I like to keep is that Musk gained his greatest leverage from working with Peter Thiel on Paypal. They got a huge payday from that endeavor, for reasons I don't fully understand but I suspect have to do with money laundering and a threat to the established PCI business model.It only got worse from there.Musk is not an engineer, innovator, nor role model to anyone with a "soul", as far as I can tell. He needs to be relegated to the trash heap of history, having contributed nothing but taken much himself.
(DIR) Post #AVdfrWMS0tkkQCtDZA by jik@federate.social
2023-05-13T23:38:56Z
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@juddlegum Free speech for the right kind of speech. Sorta like this...
(DIR) Post #AVdfu93z5gpj28VGue by cgervasi@fosstodon.org
2023-05-14T00:45:34Z
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@jik And when you dig deeper, you find their bigotry was not censored. They were free to join many easily-accessible forums for racist discussions, but they want to interject themselves into non-racists discussions, and if the non-racists won't have them, they are extremely indignant. @juddlegum
(DIR) Post #AVdfzUiA20e3caqWzQ by estheria@mas.to
2023-05-14T00:28:59Z
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@juddlegum does someone have a source/link?
(DIR) Post #AVdfzVa2nfkMJi3Yye by cmorris@mastodon.social
2023-05-14T01:29:50Z
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@juddlegum @estheria. See news stories including this one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/turkey-twitter-musk-erdogan/. There is a link there to the relevant tweets on English and Turkish.
(DIR) Post #AVdg0QOfYdW4WwAmf2 by TheChrisGlass@worldkey.io
2023-05-14T01:22:32Z
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@estheria @juddlegum he literally admitted doing it in a reply to a reporter
(DIR) Post #AVdg0R358NqIYH53eS by estheria@mas.to
2023-05-14T01:33:03Z
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@TheChrisGlass @juddlegum I was literally just asking for a source
(DIR) Post #AVdg0Rbp3DdEI1Knnk by TheChrisGlass@worldkey.io
2023-05-14T01:36:06Z
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@estheria @juddlegum Here is the source along with his confirmationhttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1657422401754259461
(DIR) Post #AVdg0jVOVrBXnISvHU by estheria@mas.to
2023-05-14T01:33:10Z
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@cmorris @juddlegum thank you!
(DIR) Post #AVdg0k6yG9F7fq2vqq by estheria@mas.to
2023-05-14T02:31:12Z
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@cmorris @juddlegum thanks again... Censoring Erdogan's *opponent's* tweets is the story. I wasn't sure which way they were slicing that. Turns out it's the extra-anti-democracy version.
(DIR) Post #AVdgCUo2zQGTgFnc48 by pieist@qoto.org
2023-05-14T01:13:56Z
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@juddlegum He should have let Erdogan try to block Twitter in Turkey. It'd have blown up in Erdogan's face and the end result would have been a big win for Twitter and yes, Musk. But no, here's his oh so principled take:
(DIR) Post #AVdgDePkkhc3lkzEC8 by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-05-14T01:54:28Z
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@juddlegum Erdogan has made Turkey a hub for laundering the proceeds of drug cartels, stolen grain from Ukraine, sanctions busting for Iran & Russia, and tax havens.Of course Elon Musk helped out his patrons, the Saudi royals.
(DIR) Post #AVdgEymcVUcxEQJeDo by toxtethogrady@universeodon.com
2023-05-14T02:11:17Z
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@Npars01 @juddlegum Erdogan is concerned he might lose the election. Remember, if he does, he already blamed Biden, so thank Biden for liberating Turkey...
(DIR) Post #AVdgFVHZfwOy1h2oue by LaureM@federate.social
2023-05-14T02:07:48Z
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@juddlegum @anneapplebaum #Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site #Bellingcat days after #ElonMusk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a 'psyop'https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-appears-limit-bellingcat-after-elon-musk-called-it-psyop-2023-5