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Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

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420 points rvz | 2 comments | 31 Aug 24 13:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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locallost ◴[01 Sep 24 06:46 UTC] No.41414840[source]▶
Here is a friendly reminder that Twitter/X started cooperating way more with government takedown requests since Musk took over [1].

So obviously Musk is not protecting free speech here because he usually doesn't do it. What is he protecting?

[1] https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-or...

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1. aaa_aaa ◴[01 Sep 24 07:11 UTC] No.41414933[source]▶
No he is just rubbing them the wrong way. States, governments are control freaks. They make sure only their "disinformation" must be spread (public schooling, paid academia, controlled media). Rest will be muffled.bl Before musk Twitter was aligning with them, now not much.
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2. qsdf38100 ◴[01 Sep 24 07:50 UTC] No.41415080[source]▶
Musk himself said he had no choice but to comply, to justify censorship in on several other occasions. Looks like he doesn’t have to after all.