The naysayers said Twitter would go dark, but Musk has put himself in tight spots before and knows how to manage a crack team.
Most amount of people I’ve ever seen in the building by far
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
They pulled an all-nighter.
Just leaving Twitter HQ code review pic.twitter.com/pYcXRTJm14
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
Musk offers some more clarity on censorship policy. Question is, how do you define negative/hate tweets? This policy is not exactly in line with the 1st Amendment, as we were promised.
We also see those Orwellian fact-checks are still there promoting official truths:
.@ElonMusk, @Twitter is vandalizing (using hotly disputed language that election technology is "safe and secure") and suppressing this educational tweet on the debate on voting machines. https://t.co/uiorbrjyGg
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 19, 2022
Now, whom to reinstate? These first accounts were easy decisions, for which he won’t take any real blowback.
Kathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.
Trump decision has not yet been made.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
As for Trump, he threw up a poll, which last night was getting a million votes per hour. Results on Friday were 60% in favor, but as of early Saturday the yeas are down to 52%.
Reinstate former President Trump
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
Sorry, Canadians, anons will be allowed in some form.
Don't allow the anonymous troll-demons to post with the real verified people @elonmusk. Put them in their own hell, along with others like them: LOL LULZ BRO BRUH hyper-users are narcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic and sadistic. Really: https://t.co/l4SLpzUwmn https://t.co/RWTYUL276Z
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) November 18, 2022
Verification through the payment system plus phones, but allowing pseudonyms is the least bad solution I can think of
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
Musk draws the line at Alex Jones, but won’t explain why.
No
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Too bad
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
Banning even notorious wrongthinkers goes against Musk’s supposed 1990s-era ethos of a free internet. We might give him some slack here, as he has to protect his investment from an advertising boycott and onslaught from DC. We’ll reserve judgement for now, but it seems clear that Twitter is here to stay and more of a force for good than it was a month ago.
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