BearGoggles said:Not if he felt it was a security risk or otherwise was doxxing - hence "to the maximum extent possible" qualifier.sycasey said:BearGoggles said:It really depends on the group, doesn't it?sycasey said:BearGoggles said:Exactly. He changed the twitter policy - in part because he and his family were in fact being stalked. He didn't just change the policy as it applied to him. The new doxxing rules apply to everyone.oski003 said:sycasey said:BearGoggles said:
And no, it is not the "sole" criticism of Musk that he lied (or changed his mind) about the Twitter policy on this issue.
It's not the sole criticism, but it is one that has been raised repeatedly and that Musk's defenders seemingly don't want to address.
I will address it. Not everything Musk does is perfect. I will, however, defend invalid criticism of him.
And more importantly, Musk announced the changed policy. For better or worse, he owned it and didn't make the change without subjecting twitter and himself to debate/criticism.
Rather funny that liberals are suddenly very concerned about the fair and consistent application of twitter moderation policies and sudden changes thereto.
But again he specifically said he would not ban this account. Presumably he knew what it was before buying the company. Then he went back on that in an apparent fit of pique.
I think it was always hard to fairly apply Twitter policies across the board, because Twitter is so damn big. That's something Elon is also finding out now. I will say that I prefer Twitter policies to be up for review by a group of people and not subject to one man's whims, but that's how it goes sometimes. It's a private company.
We just saw the "group" that was previously reviewing twitter policies testify before congress. There was zero transparency with that group and there was complete political group think. Not much respect for First Amendment traditions or principles. Also a lot of governmental pressure applied to said group.
If the choice is one accountable individual vs a group that operates in secret, without standards, then I know what I'd pick. With Musk, at least you know who is responsible (in a larger sense).
You didn't like what he did with the account ban and knew exactly who to blame. How does that compare to the pre-Musk time where many people were banned/censored by the anonymous "group" with little or no accountability and no public explanation?
Big picture - this is the reason why there should be as little censorship as possible. There is no one who can plausibly and without bias moderate political thought. Certainly not anyone subject to government influence, as Twitter and the other social media companies have been.
To the maximum extent possible, let the marketplace of ideas reign free.
So by that standard, Musk should have let the jet account stay. Like he originally promised he would.
Musk felt his security was at risk and felt others' security would be at risk due to these types of disclosures. FB has adopted similar policies re posting of otherwise "public information" for exactly the same type of personal security reasons. So Musk is not alone.
Unit2 is going to keep posting his conclusory opinion that there was "no security risk" because he can't acknowledge that others (including facebook) disagree. He won't answer what he would do if his family (or members of his political tribe) faced the same sort of doxxing/disclosure of real time geolocation information. I imagine Nancy and Paul Pelosi agree with me, not Unit2.
Musk/Twitter adopted the policy. Fine to criticize him for changing his mind - which incidentally happened after his family's car was stalked. Maybe that changed his mind? In any event, there are real security risks and many (if not most) social media websites don't permit the disclosure of personal information - even if derived from public sources.
Right, "he felt" his security was at risk. There's no real evidence that plane tracking actually puts anyone at risk, which is why it isn't illegal. But hey, let's have censorship decisions made based on one man's emotional state. What could go wrong?