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So much for Free Speech on the "Bully Platform" of the Billionaire Budget-Buster [1]
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Date: 2025-02-21
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Some fact-corrections are not meant to be “fixed” ...
Elon Musk vows to ‘fix’ X after users correct Trump’s Ukraine claims
The Telegraph via www.msn.com — Feb 21, 2025
Elon Musk has vowed to crack down on X users who have tried to correct false claims by Donald Trump that Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval ratings have collapsed. The billionaire said he planned to “fix” the social network’s system of community notes, which allows users to label fake news and add fact-checks or further context. Mr Musk claimed the system was being “increasingly gamed by governments [and] legacy media” and said he was “working to fix this”.
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So called “Free Speech” advocate Musk is just taking another page, out of their Playbook ...
Identifying the Authoritarian Playbook
protectdemocracy.org
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According to these leading scholars of democracy, aspiring modern authoritarians tend to employ the same seven basic tactics in the pursuit of power.
[...] 2) Spreading Disinformation — Many politicians lie, but authoritarians propagate and amplify falsehoods deliberately and with abandon and ruthless efficiency.
[...] 4) Quashing Dissent — Strong democracies have strong oppositions and an independent press. Authoritarians seek to silence those sources of dissent. 5) Scapegoating Vulnerable Communities — Many authoritarians attack vulnerable groups intentionally, sowing division and attempting to turn the many against the few.
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Wonder how the all-powerful, ego-maniacal Elon is going to “fix” [censor] this — the wide-spread reporting of the historical facts?
PolitiFact:
Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
US News & World Report:
A Fact-Check of Trump’s Russia-Ukraine War Claims
NPR:
GOP senators fact check Trump's Ukraine rhetoric, while still backing his strategy
more ...
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All the more evidence why the Citizens United decision was so anti-democracy WRONG. It is among the classic blunders of the US Supreme Court.
Have to wonder what “Playbook” they’ve been operating from, eh?
(certainly not this one ...)
www.brennancenter.org Citizens United Explained [...] Billionaire-backed super PACs helped the winning presidential candidate close a substantial fundraising gap. These groups also went beyond just running supportive ads. A group funded by Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, took on core components of the winning campaign, including voter outreach operations.
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Watch our America ...
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