Twitter on Thursday evening banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from the nation's top news organizations, marking a significant attempt by new owner and self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk to wield his unilateral authority over the platform to censor the press.
I also loved how liberal line was that these are private companies that can decide who is allowed to use their platforms, anybody who doesn’t like it is free to make their own platform, and so on. I wonder what changed all of a sudden. 🤔
Both liberals and conservatives use it whenever it suits their interests. When it comes to social media though, it’s very much dominated by the neoliberal establishment.
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I also loved how liberal line was that these are private companies that can decide who is allowed to use their platforms, anybody who doesn’t like it is free to make their own platform, and so on. I wonder what changed all of a sudden. 🤔
i thought that was the conservative line?
Both liberals and conservatives use it whenever it suits their interests. When it comes to social media though, it’s very much dominated by the neoliberal establishment.
neither are friends of mine
indeed