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by camel_Snake 1311 days ago
Regarding your first point, I'm not sure why this sentiment exists. Twitter isn't any more free-speech than it was before. We've seen some accounts un-banned, like Babylon Bee but not Donald Trump. We've seen plenty other accounts newly banned as well for what is clearly parody. Feels like a wash on that front.

I'm relying on hearsay now, but if some employees were really let go for bad-mouthing Elon in the company slack[1], that's certainly not a company attitude congruent with the principals of free speech. It's also notably a reversal of previous Twitter policy, which encouraged free discussion whether critical of leadership or not.

[1] https://nitter.net/caseynewton/status/1592539948745650176

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As far as I know, Musk hasn't removed any comments critical of him or his management.