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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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By Stuart A. Thompson April 23, 2025

"The New York Times found three users on X who feuded with Mr. Musk in December only to see their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight. The accounts are the starkest signs yet that Mr. Musk or others at the company have the power to punish critics and that they may be willing to use it, startling free speech advocates who hoped that the billionaire would be their champion."

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[–] Noerknhar@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who'd have guessed that the fascist fuck up does fascist fuck up things?

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Knowone saw this coming

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 2 weeks ago

startling free speech advocates who hoped that the billionaire would be their champion

I barely paid attention to the guy around the time he bought Twitter but even my stupid ass knew Musk would be quite the opposite of a free speech champion.

Who are these people?

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yet people say “there’s no activity on Mastodon” but then this happens on Twitter…

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.