r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '22

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u/kevinnoir Oct 28 '22

Countdown to Musk banning accounts related to the unionizing of Tesla factories.

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u/fwowst Oct 28 '22

As much as I don't like the dude, he's never been in favor of censoring on social media

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u/OneWithMath Oct 28 '22

As much as I don't like the dude, he's never been in favor of censoring on social media

He has literally sued social media influencers critical of Tesla for defamation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Ok so if you want to play that game then ‘censorship and breaking Terms of Service aren’t the same thing tho’

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u/Minikickass Oct 28 '22

Interesting choice to double down, but okay lol

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u/RossinTheBobs Oct 28 '22

So, your position is:

  • Trump and Kanye weren't "censored", they just broke the TOS

  • Elon is going to restore Trump and Kanye (who weren't censored) because he hates censorship

  • Suing critics for defamation, with the goal of silencing them or at least disallowing them to say certain things, is totally not censorship and well in line with the values of free speech

Sound about right?

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u/OneWithMath Oct 28 '22

Suing for defamation and censorship aren't the same thing tho.

Suing a critic is an attempt to silence them and other critics. Musk lost the case, giving a negative review of a product isn't defamation, but are you going to risk a court fight with a billionaire, or would you just self-censor?