Musk’s invocation of free speech is nothing new for him.
Instead of creating a platform for free speech, Musk created a platform for Musk’s speech — or, more precisely, Musk’s power.
First, he has demonstrated that he’s perfectly willing to take action against people or entities that challenge him or challenge X.
Second, rather than create a free marketplace of ideas, Musk uses X as a marketplace where you can pay to privilege your thoughts.
It directs a human tidal wave of attention — some 140 million Elon Musk fans — to their accounts.”Taken together, all of these factors mean that Twitter isn’t so much a free speech paradise as the generalissimo’s playpen, and the generalissimo’s values shape everything about the place.
Persons:
loftily, ”, Jack Dorsey, —, that’s, Musk, “, revel
Organizations:
Twitter, Foundation, Rights, Elon