When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”
Critics still feared that Mr. Musk would use his control of the app to pick and choose his favorites, amplifying voices he admired while suppressing people or topics he loathed.
The New York Times found three users on X who feuded with Mr. Musk in December only to see their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight. The accounts are the starkest signs yet that Mr. Musk or others at the company have the power to punish critics and that they may be willing to use it, startling free speech advocates who hoped that the billionaire would be their champion.
Concerns about Mr. Musk’s influence have grown alongside his political ambitions as one of President Trump’s closest allies. He has also set his sights on boosting far-right politics across the world.
I had to look at the date of when this stupid article was written … most sane people were saying this over a year ago.
Now the NYT is making it sound like its some new revelation?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
STOP FUCKING USING IT
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Seriously stop enabling his fascist behaviors by using it people!
Thrashy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
All the people mentioned in the article are alt-right lunatics and/or Trumpworld grifters. The only other place they might conceivably take their schtick is Truth Social – this is really only interesting as confirmation that the thin-skinned and insecure FrEe SpEeCh AbSoLuTiSt running that shithole is absolutely willing to silence anybody who annoys him, over the pettiest of disputes.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
They’re kind of all over the place now that they’ve figured tech out. Youtube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky…etc.
Wherever you thought was not going to adopt their bullshit…wrong.
There needs to be a forced push against that online.
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 11 hours ago
Unfortunately, the people that still use it are not on Lemmy. They’re still on Twitter.