Elon Musk announced today he’s buying Twitter (or attempting to anyway). While anything Elon certainly makes for juicy headlines, what really stands out is that the issue has emerged as a crucible for free speech. The battle lines on this issue have been drawn. Twitter sparrows like me are all for flinging the gates open and letting the birds shriek. But what’s really novel here (and in quite a shocking way) is that media blue-checks, seasoned journalists among them, have taken the striking position that speech must be
write someting on twitter attempt to use mass reporting to curtail free speach. as the "mass reporting" is used by motivated connected groups using another platform like "whatsapp" to block anyone not in line with their narrative. this is used mostly by those, who can be called "woke liberals" and "leftists"-self styled gate keepers of unprotected.
Thanks - good idea. I think we're seeing a lot of this, i.e. the inter-connectedness of different forms of media (traditional, twitter, etc). I wrote more about it here:
write someting on twitter attempt to use mass reporting to curtail free speach. as the "mass reporting" is used by motivated connected groups using another platform like "whatsapp" to block anyone not in line with their narrative. this is used mostly by those, who can be called "woke liberals" and "leftists"-self styled gate keepers of unprotected.
Thanks - good idea. I think we're seeing a lot of this, i.e. the inter-connectedness of different forms of media (traditional, twitter, etc). I wrote more about it here:
https://ashleyrindsberg.substack.com/p/elon-musk-buying-twitter-reveals
Wow, you deserve more views, excellent piece.