Elon Musk buys $3 billion stake (9.2%) in Twitter and is now the platform's largest shareholder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously Twitter was not a bedrock for functioning democracy when it was misused to incite a violent insurrection based on lies and that very nearly succeeded.

Ok in terms of necessary limits on freedom of speech (from anyone from either party), there should be bans against
- Inciting violence
- verifiable lies
- race based hate mongering
- gender based hate mongering

We need bipartisan standards for fostering
Truth / fact based opinions
Rational debate not juvenile insults
No hate mongering for any reason
No inviting violence for any reason


Then I would agree Twitter could be important for promoting democracy

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Anonymous wrote:Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.

You want NPR or PBS(or their ideological counterparts) controlling Twitter? I'm sure there are some people who would say yes, but Elon Musk isn't one of them.

This is a great win for Democracy and freedom of thought/speech. Can't wait for the 2022 mid-terms and the 2024 elections.

A megalomaniac billionaire buys what is essentially now a public utility and you call that a win for democracy?

How is it any different than Bezos buying WaPo? Or is Musk just the "wrong kind" of billionaire?

WaPo has to post on Twitter so people see their articles.

Do you not see the difference?

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Anonymous wrote:Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.

You want NPR or PBS(or their ideological counterparts) controlling Twitter? I'm sure there are some people who would say yes, but Elon Musk isn't one of them.

This is a great win for Democracy and freedom of thought/speech. Can't wait for the 2022 mid-terms and the 2024 elections.

A megalomaniac billionaire buys what is essentially now a public utility and you call that a win for democracy?

How is it any different than Bezos buying WaPo? Or is Musk just the "wrong kind" of billionaire?

WaPo is a subscription based newspaper that publishes articles salaried reporters research and write.

Not fond of Bezos buying it. At least he’s not as overtly wacko about interfering in it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.

DP

I don’t care if it is public or private but I do care that Twitter reigns in all the outrageous political lies on there before. They only recently got their act more together.

I don’t trust megalomaniac Musk to establish adequate safe guards for Twitter.

Free speech is the opposite of the bedrock of a functioning democracy when popular social media platforms act as unfettered megaphones for populist politicians not held accountable for telling the truth/ advocating race and ethnic based violence/ science misinformation/ hate speech.

Wow.
Were you born in the US or are you from another country?

Let us know how unfettered “free speech” worked for Rwanda. People go very quickly from being brainwashed by rhetoric to chopping up their neighbors with machetes. Same crap is on the verge of happening here. It’s the same reason Germans and French have very strong speech laws against antisemitism and Nazism.

Last I checked this isn’t Rwanda. If you don’t like unrestricted free speech, just move to another country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.

DP

I don’t care if it is public or private but I do care that Twitter reigns in all the outrageous political lies on there before. They only recently got their act more together.

I don’t trust megalomaniac Musk to establish adequate safe guards for Twitter.

Free speech is the opposite of the bedrock of a functioning democracy when popular social media platforms act as unfettered megaphones for populist politicians not held accountable for telling the truth/ advocating race and ethnic based violence/ science misinformation/ hate speech.

Wow.
Were you born in the US or are you from another country?

Let us know how unfettered “free speech” worked for Rwanda. People go very quickly from being brainwashed by rhetoric to chopping up their neighbors with machetes. Same crap is on the verge of happening here. It’s the same reason Germans and French have very strong speech laws against antisemitism and Nazism.

Last I checked this isn’t Rwanda. If you don’t like unrestricted free speech, just move to another country.

Does unrestricted free speech apply to classrooms? Yes or no?

[Anonymous]

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Why doesn’t Fox News have any liberal programs? Isn’t that censorship?

[Anonymous]

It'll be interesting to see what the lowest common denominator is for Musk. Twitter is world-wide and needs to comply with laws and regulations everywhere of risk being banned. He is already being warned by the EU that the wild west free speech position he is known for is probably not acceptable in the EU.

[Anonymous]

Lol. Have fun learning why rules and restrictions were deemed neccessary!

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Anonymous wrote:Can the government perhaps step in to seize Twitter (to nationalize it in effect) in order to prevent the disinformation and unbridled chaos that social media has caused and has since 2018 destroyed democracy?

Private companies can censor. The US government can't. Nationalizing would make the problem even worse with disinformation.

You want NPR or PBS(or their ideological counterparts) controlling Twitter? I'm sure there are some people who would say yes, but Elon Musk isn't one of them.

This is a great win for Democracy and freedom of thought/speech. Can't wait for the 2022 mid-terms and the 2024 elections.

A megalomaniac billionaire buys what is essentially now a public utility and you call that a win for democracy?

How is it any different than Bezos buying WaPo? Or is Musk just the "wrong kind" of billionaire?

WaPo is a subscription based newspaper that publishes articles salaried reporters research and write.

Not fond of Bezos buying it. At least he’s not as overtly wacko about interfering in it.

No one makes you read Twitter. It's a subscription as well.

[Anonymous]

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Nobody ever said right wingers were smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Love Elon! Look forward to more balance.

+1

Why the F isn’t he solving world hunger like he said he would?

What a useless pos he is

[Anonymous]

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Right. If Twitter is so horrible why did Musk have to pay $44 BILLION for it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Love Elon! Look forward to more balance.

+1

Why the F isn’t he solving world hunger like he said he would?

What a useless pos he is

Solve world hunger or get djt back on twitter? What a waste of 44 billion bucks