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Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,...::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 159 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

it’s just baby throwing his daily “look at meeeee!” tantrum.

it’ll pass when someone changes his diaper and gives him his binkie.

edit: oh, hey, look at that:

Musk's X delays links from rivals loading, then backtracks

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But he said he’s a free speech absolutest! How could this be? /s

If only he’d kept his mouth shut he’d probably be worth another 100billion. He reminds me of all the edge lords on 4chan, except with the unfortunate fact the media keeps reporting the dumb shit be says.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

X aka Twitter has not been contacted for comment because it is known to only send a poop emoji in reply to media queries.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

He just wants to say the n word.

“I’m African, so I can say it”

-elun muX

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Musk is a perfect, high profile example of how disingenuous most "free speech" proponents are.

The actual, unbiased, actual-town-square concept of free speech like being able to speak up against your government is good and important, of course it is - but that's not what people are referring to on social media, imageboards, etc. They're referring to being able to slur minorities without being criticised, and wouldn't bat an eye at shutting out "libs".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He said free speech, not timely speech /s