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by mmooss 623 days ago
> “If people of a given country are against a certain type of speech, they should talk to their elected representatives and pass a law to prevent it.”

Yet Brazil's speech laws he publicly flouted and attacked.

As a theory worth exploring: Is it because India's government matches Musk's far-right politics (or do they have any direct relationship), and Brazil's does not? Are there other data points we can use?

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> Are there other data points we can use?

Yes, he has censored information on Erdogan's request as well. He never calls out the censorship from strongmen authoritarians but loves attacking nations with strong democracies.

Thanks. We should be careful of confirmation bias, of course: How many authoritarians / far-right causes has Musk obstructed based on free speech? How many non-far right and liberal causes has Musk enabled?