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Free Speech Opponents Are Coming for Elon Musk – OpEd

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06.09.2024

By Graham J Noble

The enemies of free speech have relentlessly targeted Elon Musk since he acquired Twitter, rebranded it to X, and did away with the politically driven censorship that was once rife on the platform. The Australian government has been trying to meddle with what its citizens can and cannot post on the social media site, and, most recently, X was shut down in Brazil by an overzealous judge. Still, one would have thought that here in the United States – the last bastion of free speech on the planet – Musk would be on safe ground. That’s not the case, however, and one political operative even went as far as to call for the billionaire’s arrest.

Robert Reich served as Bill Clinton’s Labor secretary. He’s no moderate, and he’s not a fan of the First Amendment. In particular, he is not at all happy with Elon Musk, who has become one of the most well-known advocates for free speech on the Internet. But people like Reich........

© Eurasia Review


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