Musk's Free Speech Hypocrisy

The cluster discusses Elon Musk's self-proclaimed 'free speech absolutism' on Twitter/X, with most comments accusing him of hypocrisy by selectively censoring critics, journalists, and opposing views while amplifying his preferred content.

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Sample Comments

mathieuh Feb 17, 2025 View on HN

Musk is a self-professed "free speech absolutist".https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600?lang=en-GB...

aussieguy1234 Feb 17, 2025 View on HN

It's free speech, but only if Musk approves of it.

scarface_74 Jul 5, 2023 View on HN

Yes because Musk cares about “freedom of speech” as long as it is something he agrees with .

belter Mar 14, 2024 View on HN

That is not the point... "Elon Musk says he wants free speech, but his track record suggests otherwise" (2022) - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/elon-musk-and-free-speech-tr...

wnevets Jan 28, 2023 View on HN

Here is another example of Elon's love for free speech. [1][1] https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-leaked-internal-mess...

whoisthemachine Feb 17, 2025 View on HN

This is definitely true, however many of us remember Musk declaring himself a "free-speech absolutist", so in most cases people are referring to his hyprocisy rather than his legal rights.[0] https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600

fmajid Sep 2, 2024 View on HN

You will find Musk's pretend "free-speech absolutism" is highly selective, and only applies to far-right voices. He's repeatedly censored his critics and journalists on his platform.

0xmohit Jun 17, 2022 View on HN

Musk believes in "free speech". So he decided to set them "free".

michael1999 Jan 4, 2024 View on HN

I thought Musk supported "free speech".

inferiorhuman Dec 18, 2022 View on HN

"Sorry to be a free speech absolutist." - das Muskrathttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600