Elon Musk’s Feelings Led Him to Censor Legal Speech on X

When self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now “X,” he cast himself as a champion of democracy who was going to restore free speech to the platform. Musk was very clear about what this meant: On multiple occasions, he said that by “free speech,” he meant allowing any speech that did not break the law. In the U.S., that would mean applying the First Amendment’s standards to content moderation.

Musk just broke that promise…again.

The latest casualty in the free speech wars comes amid the Israel-Hamas war. Musk declared Friday that controversial pro-Palestine phrases like “decolonization” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” in his view, “necessarily imply genocide” and using them will therefore “result in suspension.”

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