{"id":1942447,"date":"2023-06-02T01:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-steps-in-after-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-on-big-twitter-problem-that-was-a-mistake\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:35:11","slug":"elon-musk-steps-in-after-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-on-big-twitter-problem-that-was-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-steps-in-after-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-on-big-twitter-problem-that-was-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk addresses Twitter issue raised by conservatives: &#8216;It was a mistake.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-steps-in-after-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-on-big-twitter-problem-that-was-a-mistake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk Saves the Day for Free Speech on Twitter<\/h2>\n<p>Conservatives were up in arms after Twitter threatened to censor Matt Walsh\u2019s documentary \u201cWhat is a Woman?\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-steps-in-after-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-on-big-twitter-problem-that-was-a-mistake\/\" title=\"Elon Musk addresses Twitter issue raised by conservatives: 'It was a mistake.'\">allegedly \u201cmisgendering\u201d transgender people<\/a>. But then, Elon Musk stepped in.<\/p>\n<p>For several hours, Walsh, Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing, and others explained what happened when they prepared to debut the film on the platform Thursday evening. It appeared as though Musk\u2019s vow to make Twitter a haven for free speech was in jeopardy. It also appeared as though the company\u2019s partnerships with other influencers were in danger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter canceled a deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?\">@realdailywire<\/a> to premiere What is a Woman? for free on the platform because of two instances of \u201cmisgendering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not kidding.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what happened:1\/16<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyDBoreing\/status\/1664255321630552065?\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Boreing explained that the airing of the documentary was to celebrate the one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pelosi-allowed-recently-covid-positive-rep-onto-house-floor-to-vote-for-her\/\" title=\"Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her\">-year anniversary<\/a> of its release. The Daily Wire had spoken to Twitter beforehand and made a deal to make the film available on the platform free of charge for 24 hours beginning at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>However, because the film referred to men claiming to be women as \u201che\u201d and \u201chim,\u201d it violated the company\u2019s rules on \u201chateful conduct.\u201d For that reason, Twitter concluded, the ability to share the documentary would be throttled.<\/p>\n<p>Several prominent people tagged Musk in tweets to get to the bottom of why The Daily Wire film would be censored.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?\">@Elonmusk<\/a> \u2013 is this true? Will you pls reverse it? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rffsncaQD5\">https:\/\/t.co\/rffsncaQD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\/status\/1664296544143540225?\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Three hours after the issue was raised, Musk tweeted to Boreing that \u201cWhat Is a Woman?\u201d would be allowed to play on Twitter uncensored.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was a mistake by many people at Twitter. It is definitely allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you agree with using someone\u2019s preferred pronouns, not doing so is at most rude and certainly breaks no laws.<\/p>\n<p>I should note that I do personally use someone\u2019s preferred pronouns, just as I\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1664324213023424531?\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is in the midst of preparing to launch a show on Twitter. Meanwhile, The Daily Wire recently made all of its formerly premium content available free of charge on Twitter after Boreing hailed it as the last open haven for the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is a Woman?\u201d features Walsh asking everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-forecaster-shifts-11-midterms-house-races-all-and-only-republicans\/\" title=\"Election Forecaster Shifts 11 Midterms House Races - All and only Republicans\">blue-collar people<\/a> to gender activists the simple question of the film\u2019s name. It can be viewed on Twitter for 24 hours straight beginning Thursday evening on The Daily Wire\u2019s Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Musk\u2019s intervention, free speech on Twitter has been preserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk stepped in to prevent Twitter from censoring Matt Walsh&#8217;s documentary &#8220;What is a Woman?&#8221; after accusations of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; transgender individuals. Walsh and Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing explained the situation for several hours before Musk intervened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1942448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[5475,4539,4249,4174,7454,4953,4250,4959,4253],"class_list":["post-1942447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-addresses","tag-conservatives","tag-elon","tag-issue","tag-it","tag-mistake","tag-musk","tag-raised","tag-twitter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}