• Givesomefucks@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Twitter will abide by the law but will not go further, Musk said during the interview. He claimed hate speech had decreased by 30 percent since he took over, even as Lapix presented him with statistics saying the opposite — including a study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue exposing a 105 percent increase in antisemitic posts.

    Pressed by the interviewer, the billionaire, a self-proclaimed freedom of expression absolutist, said the definition of hate speech shouldn’t be too broad or it could lead to censorship. Shown tweets rejoicing about the migrant boat disaster off Greece last week, Musk conceded they were “distasteful” but should remain online as long as they’re not illegal.

    His definition of hate speech is just shit he disagrees with.

    He agrees with anti-lgtbq and antisemitism, so to him, that’s not hate speech

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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      1 year ago

      Billionaire jet trackers have disappeared entirely. That’s progress according to every friend I’ve talked to.

      (Not a real quote)

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      1 year ago

      Comments celebrating the death of (among others) hundreds of children: a bit distasteful, but otherwise fine

      Comments about quality problems on Teslas: HATESPEECH!

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      1 year ago

      Last time I checked Twitter disbanded so many employee groups specifically for complying with different laws, there’s no way he’ll make deadlines.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Why do we print the lies of serial liars and not call them out on their previous lies?

    It’s so tiring.