Jamie Osborne on Nostr: So much hypocrisy: the “free speech absolutists” whined endlessly about their own ...
So much hypocrisy: the “free speech absolutists” whined endlessly about their own hateful vitriol not being amplified by the algorithm (shadow banning) – then Musk let the hate and misinfo back on to take over the platform and Maga celebrated.
— ‘Republican congressman Clay Higgins said in a post on X that anyone who “ran their mouth with their smartass hatred celebrating the heinous murder of that beautiful young man” needed to be “banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER”.‘
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-people-fired-social-mediaPublished at
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