Democrats don’t hate Elon Musk because he said he would make Twitter into a bastion of free speech. They hate him because he is keeping his word on making Twitter a bastion of free speech. Free speech? Why that is absolutely constitutional. They can’t have that. Communism dies in the glow of the Constitution. Musk’s latest move is to do away with Twitter’s censorship board. The board was made up of hard-core leftist fascists.
The remains of the leftists that formerly made up the board are upset, to say the least. The critics are simply against free speech except for their own. They can’t win on the battlefield of ideas unless they can stop the flow of the ideas coming from the right. If people are free to hear both sides Marxists lose every time.
Trust and Safety Council members received an email signed “Twitter” on Monday that said:
“As Twitter moves into a new phase, we are reevaluating how best to bring external insights into our product and policy development.”
The letter noted that Twitter will:
“continue to welcome your ideas going forward” and “will also continue to explore opportunities to provide focused and timely input into our work, whether through bilateral or small group meetings.”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“A group of independent expert organizations from around the world. Together, they advocate for safety and advise us as we develop our products, programs, and rules.”
The so-called expert groups that provided the council with counsel included the Anti-Defamation League, the LGBT activist group Black Rainbow, Feminist Frequency, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Muslim Advocates, and the United Nations’ Association for Progressive Communications.
The group’s purported areas of focus included “Online Safety and Harassment, Human and Digital Rights, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, Child Sexual Exploitation, and Dehumanization.”
Alex Holmes, now a former member of the council and a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation advisory board member, took to Twitter to lament, writing, “Many of us have been in this space for a number of years, each with different expertise, but all with a passion to see healthy and diverse conversations and safety exist on platforms.”
“The way this has unfolded and way members have been treated is unfortunate and unacceptable,” Holmes added.
Many of us have been in this space for a number of years, each with different expertise, but all with a passion to see healthy and diverse conversations and safety exist on platforms.
The way this has unfolded and way members have been treated is unfortunate and unacceptable.
— Alex Holmes (@abcholmes) December 13, 2022
The Washington Post reported that the council was set to meet virtually to discuss recent developments when it learned that it had been disbanded.
Larry Magid, chief executive at the Silicon Valley nonprofit ConnectSafely, was on the board as of Monday. He told the Post, “By disbanding it, we got fired instead of quit.”
Members Eirliani Abdul Rahman, Anne Collier, and Lesley Podesta saved Musk three emails by resigning last week, claiming “the safety and wellbeing of Twitter’s users are on the decline.”
Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor of children being able to access adult Internet services in his PhD thesis: pic.twitter.com/1NiBohjhMQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2022
Good riddance.
