[whatisthis9]

IMO, as the CEO of Tesla, Musk should have never bought X imo from a business standpoint, even if he fully believes in full speech, because it simply traps him (most of the world has no where near as strong free speech laws as the US).

In India for example, if he doesn't kowtow to the authoritarian trending Indian government in power, he risks sinking any chance of Tesla expanding its marketshare in a democracy critical to Tesla's future.

The same goes for Tesla in Turkey. https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-erdogan-asks-us-elon-... . If X starts standing up for speech there, this could sink their future plans in another valuable market.

I think the fact that he backtracked on Brazil ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/musk-s-x-... ) might also show that he also worries about Tesla's future in Brazil.

[dzhiurgis]

As an owner of hard-to-censor global internet satellite constellation, positioning to offer free speech globally is quite fitting.

[ashildr]

Free speech as long as you don‘t hurt the master‘s feelings.

[dzhiurgis]

I hope you are referring to US gov.

What Elon is offering is similar what google was 2 decades ago, but even they went 200% into DEI so ultimately it’s foolish.

[ashildr]

I seriously have no idea what you mean by this.

[ImPostingOnHN]

I think the point being raised by OP is that "hard to censor" doesn't matter when elmu willingly censors people whenever it makes him more money.