Elon Musk, who claimed to be a "free speech absolutist," is censoring tweets in Turkey ahead of critical elections at the request of the autocrats currently in power
Erdogan has made Turkey a hub for laundering the proceeds of drug cartels, stolen grain from Ukraine, sanctions busting for Iran & Russia, and tax havens.
Of course Elon Musk helped out his patrons, the Saudi royals.
#Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site #Bellingcat days after #ElonMusk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a 'psyop'
@juddlegum The ONLY free speech Elon is concerned about is his own !! It’s why he bought twitter !! He’s following his big brother, baby Donald, so he can spew his hate and twisted opinions on Twitter, which is now a complete disaster. 🖕🏻Musk
@juddlegum Is it so that people care their egos and gathered exposure on Tweetlandia more than something so vitally essential like democracy and real responsible free speech,
...since a concept of "absolute free speech" is only possible for autocrats within their realm of power.
@juddlegum What a true "free speech absolutist" in Musk's position would be doing right now is offering a discount for Starlink access in Turkey (even if Musk has to smuggle the terminals into the country himself), to get as much unrestricted internet access in the country as possible and effectively make it impossible for the Turkish government to block Twitter.
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