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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
He's implementing a moderation council to determine if he re-instates accounts. I'm sure he'll let some people back but like most companies who are reliant on advertising - if you just allow the site to become a free for all, advertisers will pull out.
YouTube has it easier compared to other social networks in that its less of a feed and the content is tied directly to advertisers so you can just say - we won't monetize controversial content. Twitter/Facebook, etc are a big long feed and companies don't want their ad next to some anti-semetic or racist tweet.
He also has his other businesses to think of. Tesla has big factories in Germany and China. Germany has speech laws about Nazism - doubt he'll want to annoy them. Twitter isn't in China, but China isn't shy about using their influence when they can. Right now - Twitter doesn't do any business in China so their government has limited influence on twitter management. Now - does China lean on Musk and threaten his Tesla business if there is anti-China tweets?
A lot easier to be 'free speech' guy when you are yelling on the sidelines vs the guy in charge of the operation.
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So still censorship then? That's a larf.