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Matt Taibbi, who labored on “The Twitter Recordsdata” with Elon Musk, mentioned the X boss “proved to be very disappointing on the problem of free speech.”
Musk has repeatedly claimed to be a “free speech absolutist”, whereas shadow bans, imprecise suspensions, and erratically enforced guidelines have continued.
Taibbi mentioned the problem throughout an look on NewsNation's “Cuomo” on Friday.
Taibbi mentioned, “I consider that Elon proved to be very disappointing on the problem of free speech.” “All of us who labored on Twitter Recordsdata felt the identical approach. We had been feeling extraordinarily optimistic that he really mentioned a whole lot of issues about being in favor of all authorized speech, being a free speech absolutist and all these different issues.
“This was not confirmed to be the case. He’s at the moment disenfranchising 1000’s of Substack writers, together with myself. And it looks as if nobody cares in regards to the press,” Taibbi added.
In February, Taibbi posted weird textual content messages from Musk during which he seemed to be upset that the journalist was persevering with to write down on Substack.
“Elon, am I being shadow banned?” Dialog begins.
since @Elon Musk To the printed excerpts from these conversations, I’d add others. At one time I used to be topic to a “blanket search ban” and lots of of my 1.9 million followers nonetheless don't see my content material. https://t.co/vFRtJFierF pic.twitter.com/k29MFxLUTC
– Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 15 February 2024
Musk responded, “After it was found that Substack stole large quantities of our knowledge to hold out its Twitter rip-off, we went on lockdown.”
“It looks as if there are nonetheless blanket search restrictions in place. Must be superb by tomorrow,” Musk added. “Going ahead, Tweets with Substack won’t seem in For You except it’s a paid advert like FB/Insta/and so forth. They are going to be seen in 'Following'.”
“Elon, I’ve repeatedly denied criticizing you and have had nothing to do together with your misconduct with Substack,” Taibbi wrote. “Is there a cause why I'm being put in the course of issues? “It sounds actually loopy.”
Musk replied, “You're lifeless to me.” “Please depart Twitter and keep on Substack.”