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Showing posts with label X (Twitter). Show all posts
Showing posts with label X (Twitter). Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Brendan O'Neill: The impotent rage of the flailing woke elites


The Guardian flouncing off X is a hilarious sign of the times.

So the Guardian has flounced off of X. With characteristic pomposity it announced this week that it will no longer post its articles on this ‘toxic media platform’. X has become a volcanic mess of noxious opinion since evil Elon Musk took over, say the crybabies of Kings Place. So they’re off, to Bluesky, whatever that is. Quite how X’s users will cope without such fine journalism as ‘My toddler is vegan. What’s the problem?’ and ‘What if the mega-rich just want rocket ships to escape the Earth they destroy?’ remains to be seen.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Kevin: X - the Canary in the Coal Mine


When it comes to free expr0ssion, Elon Musk tends to talk the talk more ably than he walks the walk. In his latest public tussle on the subject, however, he’s managing to do both. The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is correct when he says a Brazilian jurist’s move to unilaterally prohibit X, which he owns, from operating in the country is an assault on internet speech around the world.