“Lawful But Not Awful” X CEO Linda Yaccarino Unveils New Orwellian ‘X’ Content Moderation Contrary to Elon Musk’s Own Remarks
August 12th, 2023Have you guys figured that it's a big game of good cop (Elon who "loves" free speech) and bad cop (Linda who wants to censor based on vague terms) to keep the frogs in the pot just long enough that people don't notice that they are turning it into American WeChat? https://t.co/9K04PEURVG
— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) August 10, 2023
Via: The Gateway Pundit:
Yaccarino said yesterday that you have “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach.” This is a clear departure from putting free speech ahead of advertising dollars. The old bait and switch. X will argue you still have free speech. We just won’t let anyone see it.
“We’ve introduced a new policy to your specific point about hate speech called ‘freedom of speech, not reach.‘ So if you’re going to post something that illegal, or against the law, you’re gone. Zero tolerance. But more importantly, if you’re going to post something that is ‘lawful but awful,‘ you get labeled. You get labeled. You get deamplified, which means it cannot be shared. And it is certainly demonetized, back to your direct point about brand safety, so they are protected from the risk of being next to that content. And it’s also why it’s really important to note that once a post is labeled, and it can’t be shared, and the user sees that, 30% of the time they take it down themselves. Staggeringly, they take it down.”
