I'm sure the "Twitter Files" people will be all over this free speech issue.
Dig1t 6 days ago [-]
Actually yes, those of us who are free speech absolutists are extremely concerned about control of the Tik Tok algorithm being given to Larry Ellison. It was obvious from the very beginning that it was being sold exactly for the purpose of suppressing certain types of information (mostly about Israel, but that’s another conversation).
It does feel bad though seeing these people being upset that THEIR side is being suppressed, while also seeing they were completely fine when the other side was being suppressed just a few years ago.
Knowing that the left will happily return to censorship when they regain power makes me more inclined to support groups like FIRE instead of trying to engage with the partisan nature of this debate.
ceejayoz 5 days ago [-]
"the 'Twitter Files' people" would be folks like Musk, CBS's Bari Weiss, Congressional reps like Jim Jordan who held hearings. All suspiciously silent so far.
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It does feel bad though seeing these people being upset that THEIR side is being suppressed, while also seeing they were completely fine when the other side was being suppressed just a few years ago.
Knowing that the left will happily return to censorship when they regain power makes me more inclined to support groups like FIRE instead of trying to engage with the partisan nature of this debate.