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Old 04-21-2022, 03:06 PM   #1134
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
I don't follow. Allowing unfettered speech is exactly just that. It doesn't provide a shield to anyone. I assume you must have read this key part of his statement.
If you provide a platform for which anyone can attack anyone else, then you are in effect providing a shield to them. Elon sees free speech as only being good, but their is a flip side to it. Hell, he even recognizes it himself.


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“Can you take this down? It is a security risk.”
That’s how Elon Musk opened a conversation with 19-year-old Jack Sweeney over Twitter DM last fall. He was referencing a Twitter account, called @ElonJet, which tracks the movements of his private jet around the world.

https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker


Twitter provided a platform, the kid used it for free speech, and Elon found that harmful and tried to silence his free speech with money. I suspect if Elon bought Twitter, his idea of free speech would only extend as far as it doesn't harm him. You can bet that kid's account would be gone.
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