From Wash Post:
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged followers of her official congressional account to follow the revived, “unfiltered” personal account on the platform, the Hill’s Rebecca Klar reports. Twitter in January suspended the account for violating its policy on covid-19 misinformation in January.
Taylor Greene is the latest high-profile, previously suspended account to be allowed back on the platform in the wake of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Ye, the rapper previously known as Kanye West, tweeted on the platform on Sunday, CNBC reported. Twitter had restricted his account after posting antisemitic tweets. Musk on Friday announced he was restoring accounts belonging to Canadian professor Jordan Peterson and the satirical Babylon Bee, which had been suspended for misgendering an actor and a Biden administration official."
So, Elon's "free speech" agenda is ...?
@rrb free speech.
Musk does not seem very forgiving of speech that counters him.
Frankly, he seems to be more of a bully.
@rrb like what?
@rrb too be clear, I don't believe he is a free speech "absolutist" like claims. More so than the last Twitter admin but, definitely has his faults in the free speech regard
My own view would be aligned with the old ACLU protecting the rights of Nazi's to march.
But, I do see connections between the Rep. campaigns demonizing gays and trans with the latest mass shootings.
The way the rhetoric is going now is seeming more like anti-semitism in Germany in the 1930s.
I do not see this as a free speech issue. And the right wing adoption of "free speech" seems hypocritical to me.
I do not think Musk is going to draw more advertisers by promoting these voices.
@rrb I talked with a few people the other day about the shooting. 2 f us disagreed with the one that said that Boeberts tweet "children should go to church, not drag shows" directly resulted in the CO shooting. I obviously thought this w as a ridiculous stretch, guessing you may agree with him.
@obi Not directly resulted. But, I think the year long anti-trans campaign by Republicans definitely added to it. Part of it is triggering people on the edge.
@rrb see, this was a good discussion, and I bet you thought it may turn out poorly.
I am fine with conflict and arguments. I actually have trouble getting people to disagree with me enough. I get more annoyed by people agreeing with me too much.
Name calling, etc. annoys me.
I am finding the fediverse more pleasant and people more informed/open than the bird site.
Maybe the lack of algorithmic incitement to hate has something to do with it.
