According to CNN+’s Brian Stelter, Twitter under Elon Musk’s leadership is going to be a wild party where there are no rules or restrictions, just total freedom. “Do you actually want to go to that party?” asked Stelter, and the answer is yes, it sounds great. We’ve been assured by some Democrats that communities can police themselves better than the racist cops, so we’re going to assume Twitter’s users will police each other without some algorithm biased against conservatives.
As Twitchy reported, the NAACP issued a statement asking Musk not to allow “45” back on Twitter, which will become a petri dish for hate speech. As Reddit’s former CEO tweeted, the “free-speechers” “really just want to be able to use racist slurs.” Those damned free-speechers. For its part, Reuters checked in with some human rights groups for their feelings about Musk acquiring Twitter. Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, and Amnesty International are all very concerned.
Yes, the ACLU is concerned over less censorship. And the last we heard from Amnesty International was on Human Rights Day, when it tweeted that you have the right to life; Also, abortion is a human right.
Human rights groups including the ACLU and Amnesty International raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that Elon Musk, a self-described 'free speech absolutist,' would have after his acquisition https://t.co/U3h2usxiKp pic.twitter.com/mlhwzzF9OJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 25, 2022
Reuters reports:
Amnesty International said it was concerned about any potential decision that Twitter may take after Musk’s takeover to erode enforcement of the policies and mechanisms designed to moderate hate speech online.
“The last thing we need is a Twitter that willfully turns a blind eye to violent and abusive speech against users, particularly those most disproportionately impacted, including women, non-binary persons, and others,” Michael Kleinman, director of technology and human rights at Amnesty International USA, said on Monday.
Will the Babylon Bee get its account reinstated after it awarded Rachel Levine its “Man of the Year” award? That’s apparently violent and abusive.
Remember when the @ACLU actually stood for free speech?
— Sarah A. Downey (@SarahADowney) April 25, 2022
ACLU, 1977: "We'll take this all the way to the Supreme Court to ensure that Nazis get to march in Skokie, home to thousands of Holocaust survivors."
ACLU, 2022: "It's dangerous to say mean things online."
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) April 25, 2022
The ACLU used to work to protect peoples rights. Like free speech
— TJ Waggoner (@tjwaggoner) April 25, 2022
The only free speech @Reuters cares about is the free speech that helps their causes
— D3X (@D3xDavian) April 25, 2022
Everybody should have the right to free speech, including conservatives who the left may disagree with.
— Thecircus (@COSvienna) April 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/JohanJacob98/status/1518717547373281280
— HeLeN KeLLer✴(｡◕‿◕｡) (@FaisalBorelly) April 25, 2022
You guys really this scared!?
— $hitCoin$hawn (S.A.V) (@burghlife48) April 25, 2022
Aww, worried about losing some control over narratives much?
— Sean (@SeanG294) April 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/MaxFcy/status/1518731991885266944
Someone at Reuters thought they should reach out to “human rights groups” because Musk bought Twitter. Free speech apparently is no longer a human right.
Related:
NPR’s Eric Deggans says to expect the amount of disinformation in our media ecosystem to explode https://t.co/HswQ4X3CLT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 25, 2022
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