he bought Twitter and removed a great deal of the censorship that was going on there.
All he did was change the target of censorship. Now, it’s accounts on the left that are being shadowbanned, having their accounts suspended, and having the algorithm tweaked to weaken their reach.
Sure, he owns it and as a centralized platform he can do whatever he wants with it. But by no means is he acting as a champion of free speech.
Yeah, though. A big part of the hate is his overt support for Trump.
Are they being shadow banned, or did the uncovering of bot farms and algorithm favoritism just bring reality in to focus regarding assumed popularity and engagement levels? Also, the left has been denouncing twitter since Musk bought it, reducing organic engagement for their factions.
I haven't heard of leftist Twitter accounts being deleted for some perceived violation of the TOS. Correct me if I am wrong but I haven't heard of that happening. I think that "notes" below a Tweet are actually quite helpful, whether it is checking someone on the the right or the left.
I don’t know about deleted, but a bunch of them have certainly been at least suspended for various lengths of time, @kenklippenstein and @theliamnissan for sure and I think also @middleageriot a few months back. Likely more that I’m not aware of.
Yeah, the Notes are good, in general, but Musk himself has tweeted some blatant lies that never seem to get Noted.
Ah, well even though I kind of enjoy the guy's sense of humor and childishness that definitely isn't cool.