{"id":2023316,"date":"2023-09-06T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-be-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-of-election\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:12:06","slug":"free-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-be-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-be-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-of-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk&#8217;s X May Embrace Strict Censorship Before Election, Say Free Speech Watchdogs."},"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%2Ffree-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-be-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-of-election%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=2023316&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>Free Speech Watchdogs: Musk&#8217;s X May\u200c Be Shifting Toward Strict Censorship Ahead of Election<\/h2>\n<p>Some of Elon Musk\u2019s new policies for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> now known as X have critics fearing it will return to Twitter\u2019s censorious past, especially as the 2024 \u200cpresidential election\u200d approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights \u2063and Expression, is sounding\u2062 the\u200c alarm about Musk\u2019s regime at the\u2062 company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk hasn\u2019t lived up to his stated commitment to\u200b free speech,\u201d Terr told the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/09\/02\/potentially-monstrous-musks-x-may-be-on-the-verge-of-enforcing-censorship-similar-to-his-predecessors-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he truly wants to make it a haven for free speech, he needs to take a\u200d hard look at the platform\u2019s content moderation\u200d policies and practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many have pointed to\u2063 Musk\u2019s recent choice of Linda Yaccarino as his replacement CEO of X \u2014 formerly known as Twitter \u2014 as the start of the downhill trend for free speech on\u200d the platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Once\u2062 a vocal advocate and self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-be-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"Musk's X May Embrace Strict Censorship Before Election, Say Free Speech Watchdogs.\">-proclaimed free speech absolutist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?\">@elonmusk<\/a> has become increasingly silent\u2062 on these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Has Linda Yaccarino, a left-leaning WEF member, become the new arbiter of\u2063 free \u2064speech on the platform? It\u2019s not looking \u2063good. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hymhj413sw\">pic.twitter.com\/Hymhj413sw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Alex Taunton \u200c(@LarryTaunton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryTaunton\/status\/1699045097420063099?\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yaccarino recently offered users \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/product\/2023\/freedom-of-speech-not-reach-an-update-on-our-enforcement-philosophy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom of Speech, Not \u2062Freedom of Reach<\/a>\u201d\u200c within a summary of the platform\u2019s supposedly reformed policies \u2014 an approach that some fear\u2064 censors \u200bwill \u200buse to\u200b diminish and minimize the spread\u2062 of targeted content.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you think Musk\u2019s X will\u200d begin to censor\u2062 content again?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>Completing this\u2064 poll entitles you to The\u200d Western Journal news updates free of charge. You\u2063 may opt out at anytime. You also agree\u2063 to our \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestricting the reach of \u2064Tweets, also known as visibility\u2063 filtering, is one of our existing enforcement actions that allows us to move beyond the binary \u201cleave up versus take down\u201d approach to content moderation,\u201d the platform said in explaining its policies.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has defended the approach, taking objection to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-other-victims-of-twitters-anti-free-speech-rampage-restored-under-musk\/\" title=\"Trump And Other Victims Of Twitter\u2019s Anti-Free Speech Rampage Restored Under Musk\">negative\/hate tweets<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.<\/p>\n<p>Negative\/hate tweets will\u200d be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-reinstates-twitter-accounts-of-babylon-bee-jordan-peterson-kathy-griffin-says-trump-decision-not-made-yet\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Reinstates Twitter Accounts of  Babylon Bee, Jordan Peterson, Kathy Griffin, Says Trump Decision Not Made Yet\">max deboosted &#038; demonetized<\/a>, so no\u2062 ads or other revenue to Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, \u2064which\u200b is no different from rest of Internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1593673339826212864?\">November 18, \u20642022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics of\u2062 Big Tech aren\u2019t buying the idea that the policy is a significant change from Twitter\u2019s old approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2062a very silly \u2062policy, and I\u200d think it\u2019s about just as harmful as de-platforming, but it just seems a little more friendly and tolerant,\u201d Jake Denton of the Heritage \u200bFoundation\u2019s Tech Policy Center told DCNF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/delete-account-james-woods-vs-elon-musk-rapidly-heats-x-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Woods<\/a> \u2014 a longtime Hollywood actor and\u2064 prolific user of Twitter for more than a decade \u2014 \u2062has also expressed criticism of X\u2019s \u200bnew \u200dapproach to content\u200b moderation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s just the same old Twitter, censorship and all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter\u2019s new policy, called \u201cFreedom of Speech, not Freedom of \u2064Reach\u201d in a nutshell (see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Safety?\">@Safety<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(And, yes, I know\u2062 it\u2019s \u201cX\u201d now, but honestly it\u2019s just the same old Twitter, censorship \u2063and all)<\/p>\n<p>When \u200bhe locks my account, know I appreciate every one\u2064 of you who have stood by me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fmoVL7YGCb\">pic.twitter.com\/fmoVL7YGCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1697088293345833322?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The platform\u2019s administration has also promised that those who pay for \u200ba subscription service \u200bvariant of the service will\u2064 be artificially prioritized, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/12\/23\/23523845\/twitter-blue-paying-priority-replies-conversations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The approach has fueled criticism that X has \u2063become a de facto advertising platform instead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blood-red-background-2-0-biden-set-deliver-another-divisive-speech-protecting-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital public \u200bsquare<\/a> under Musk\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>X has suffered from a significant drop in ad revenue since Musk\u2019s acquisition, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/16\/elon-musk-says-twitter-cash-flow-negative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/free-speech-watchdogs-musks-x-may-shifting-toward-strict-censorship-ahead-election\/\">Free Speech Watchdogs: Musk&#8217;s X May Be Shifting Toward Strict Censorship Ahead of Election<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200b Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Concerns arise as Elon Musk&#8217;s new policies for social media platform X resemble Twitter&#8217;s censorious past, raising fears among critics. With the 2024 presidential election approaching, Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy at the Foundation, warns about the potential consequences of Musk&#8217;s regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2023318,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2023316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2023316","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}