Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "Portnoy on Musk: Twitter needs to be 'even playing field', end censorship" video.

  1. Only pap-minded loonies believe Elon is interested in free speech. "To be clear, no one has a legal right to tweet—that is, to post on Twitter, a platform owned by a private company." "Musk's own commitment to free speech, however, has its limits. While Musk has criticized Twitter's leadership, he has repeatedly attempted to squelch speech that could negatively impact his economic interests. Musk's history underscores the risks of giving near-complete control of one of the world's most powerful communication networks to one extremely rich individual." Tesla reportedly asks Chinese censors to block critical posts." "Tesla, Musk's electric car company, is extraordinarily sensitive to any public criticism. China is an enormous market and in 2020 there were "reports on Chinese social media, vigorously disputed by Tesla, about the brakes failing in its vehicles."" "According to Bloomberg there is "little-to-no concrete evidence there’s anything wrong with the brakes in Tesla’s China-built cars." But instead of attempting to win over Chinese consumers with facts, Tesla reportedly sought to leverage the power of China's authoritarian regime." "According to people familiar with the matter, [Tesla] also complained to the government over what it sees as unwarranted attacks on social media, and asked Beijing to use its censorship powers to block some of the posts."
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