{"id":64301,"date":"2022-11-30T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64301"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:26:42","slug":"washington-goes-to-war-against-twitter-and-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64301","title":{"rendered":"Washington Goes to War Against Twitter and Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington Goes to War Against Twitter and Free Speech<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Below is my column this week on the campaign to coerce Elon Musk to restore the censorship system at Twitter. The campaign against Twitter now involves the full allied forces of the anti-free speech movement: the government, corporations, Democratic politicians, the media, and, of course, celebrities. However, it is an alliance that has proven overwhelming in the past but this unstoppable force has met an immovable object in Musk. It is total war in the beltway but Musk has yet to fully deploy his greatest weapon: free speech.<\/p>\n

Here is the column:<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington this week is in full wartime footing. No, it\u2019s not over the Russian invasion of Ukraine or North Korean missiles or even\u00a0Chinese expansionism<\/a>. It is about Twitter and the threat of Elon Musk to restore free speech protections to social media.<\/p>\n

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0has emerged as the bellicose general rallying others to the \u201ccensor or die\u201d pressure campaign against Twitter.<\/p>\n

The problem is that citizens are flocking to Twitter and\u00a0signing up in record numbers. They want more, not less, free speech. The over two million new sign-ups per day represent a 66% increase over the same period last year, according to figures released by Musk.<\/p>\n

A reporter this week was so alarmed that she asked the\u00a0White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>\u00a0about the\u00a0concern that millions are still signing up at Twitter\u00a0and demanded to know who is \u201ckeeping an eye on this\u201d for possible federal action.<\/p>\n

Unable to convince users to embrace censorship, Clinton and others are pressuring corporations and foreign governments to deter Musk from restoring free speech. Since users are embracing the new Twitter, the campaign has focused on preventing them from signing up by removing the app from the Apple and Google stores…<\/p>\n

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