This just is making me laugh - the supposed disruptor's path of tears through the past few weeks. It even has Irish aspects as noted here (and again one of the best reasons for unionisation I've ever seen). But look where supposed attachment to free speech gets one.
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been suspended from Twitter after he tweeted an image of a swastika blended with a star of David, less than two weeks after he returned to the platform.
The suspension took place hours after Ye praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in an interview on InfoWars, a show hosted by the rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Ye was one of several high-profile Twitter users whose accounts were banned or restricted on the site who then had them reinstated after Elon Musk took over as owner.
But those banning and restrictions weren't for nothing. There were solid reasons, just as there's a solid reason to ban in this instance. Behold the absolutist bemoaning the fact there are no absolutes.
Musk tweeted: "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended."
Musk has previously described his approach to content moderation as: "If in doubt, let the speech exist." As well as reinstating Donald Trump's account, Musk has declared a "general amnesty" for previously suspended accounts. Musk did not clarify whether Ye's suspension would be permanent.
The exchange between the two is entertaining in itself.
"Let's always remember this as my final tweet," Ye wrote, posting an unflattering image of Musk half-naked on a yacht.
"That is fine," Musk replied. "This is not," he wrote on the deleted swastika tweet.
The rapper then began posting on Truth Social, the social media platform started by Trump, sharing text messages purportedly from Musk, in which the billionaire appeared to attempt to reason with him about the tweet.
"Sorry, but you have gone too far. This is not love," Musk wrote.
"Who made you the judge," Ye replied. He then shared a screenshot of his Twitter account showing he had been banned from tweeting for 12 hours for violating the platform's rules.
If you want a good example of the fanboy aspect to this with regard to Musk's defenders look no further than comments on this piece on Slate.com where someone doesn't understand the difference between freedom to express a view and the reality there is no compunction on any media platform (or anyone) to host such views.
Meanwhile in the world of adults.
Musk, a self-declared "free speech absolutist", came under pressure from the European Union over content moderation standards this week when the internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, warned that the platform must "significantly increase" efforts to comply with new online legislation. The EU's Digital Services Act requires tech firms to tackle problems including abusive posts and disinformation.
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