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by krger 506 days ago
>Before Musk takeover certain opinions just weren't present and/or were actively silenced.

Care to provide some examples of "certain opinions" that were "actively silenced?"
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watwut 506 days ago
Afaik, open nazi were actually silenced on twitter prior Musk. But, you could talking in euphemisms and it would be mostly fine. Also, when you went really really far with harassment.
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krger 506 days ago
Yes, that was rather my point.
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helge9210 506 days ago
Opinions regarding masking mandates and criticizing COVID-19 response in general, for example.
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krger 506 days ago
>Opinions regarding masking mandates and criticizing COVID-19 response in general, for example.

So they were cracking down on people spreading dangerous disinformation in the middle of a public health emergency. Okay.

What are some others?

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