Sing, Twitter, Sing!

Silent No More.

The suspense was palpable for days as Elon Musk publicly tangled with Twitter about changing its censorship policies, ultimately threatening and then making an offer to buy the company. Then on Monday, the company accepted Musk’s $44 billion offer, which is a 38% premium on Twitter’s closing stock on April 1st, 2022. Musk wants to take the company private and promises to re-establish free speech.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” said Mr. Musk. “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spambots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”

An amazing day: a day to celebrate for anyone who has ever been singled out for censure by any of the Big Tech platforms. So many of us have bravely spoken out, documenting the truth, footnotes, and all, only to receive a suspension notice from the powers that be of the platform. And others, who have followed someone who is ultimately censored, be it a politician, a physician, a cartoonist, or your high school friend from 20 years ago, then finding them either censored or writing with more self-constraint.  

We start being protective against possible censorship…. minding our words, crossing out various phrases that could possibly offend, deciding not to post that comment or retweet that meme. 

Oh, my gosh, we have been groomed….. Continue reading here: Elon Musk Buying Twitter and America's "Bedrock of Free Speech" - America Out Loud