Elon Musk lately tweeted that "Twitter 2.0 will probably be far more practical, clear and even-handed."
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One very weak cheer for Twitter’s former prime censor Yoel Roth. After leaving in a huff as soon as new boss Elon Musk got here aboard, the onetime “belief and security” chieflastly admitted to Vox Media’s Kara Swisherwhat each considering particular person has recognized for years: Twitter’s censorship of The Publish’s Hunter Biden laptop computer reporting was a large error.
The admission comes two years too late. But it surely’s welcome all the identical, not least as a result of it means that even essentially the most dedicated of censors can’t struggle actuality eternally.
Musk will get this, after all. He tweeted Wednesday that “Twitter has failed in belief & security for a really very long time and has interfered in elections.” He’s useless proper. The Hunter Biden clampdown was a nakedly political transfer solely weeks forward of the 2020 election.
Musk added that “Twitter 2.0 will probably be far more practical, clear and even-handed.” And that’s exactly why the web left has been in such an countless tizzy.
He’s saying — hallelujah! — that Twitter underneath his stewardship received’t bend to the desire of howling activist cadres or biased, histrionic journos and as a substitute merely be a spot the place individuals can (gasp!) converse their minds.
Which is precisely what it ought to be. But the prospect of individuals voicing unapproved opinions is breaking the brains of progressives throughout the media panorama.
Even the White Home is getting in on the motion, with chief flack Karine Jean-Pierre hint-threatening Monday, “We’re all preserving an in depth eye on” Twitter underneath Musk. To do what precisely? Is the federal government going to attempt to drive Twitter to silence individuals?
Pure Orwell. However Musk (to this point) appears unfazed. And that’s nice for Twitter, journalism and America generally.
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