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[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 54 points 5 days ago

X has “reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the former president’s White House chances as part of a pattern of election interference that is unprecedented in U.S. history,” according to The Daily Beast.

Gee willikers, that sure sounds like it would be illegal. I mean if I were to do this sort of thing, I'm imagining I would be in jail, awaiting trial.

18 U.S. Code Chapter 29 - ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-29

Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Prohibiting Interference with Voting https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11125

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Gee willikers, that sure sounds like it would be illegal. I mean if I were to do this sort of thing, I’m imagining I would be in jail, awaiting trial.

as far as I can tell, none of those laws apply to censorship on what is ultimately a private company's platform.

Like twitter isn't a government agency. they're allowed to be partisan and delete content however they see fit. This would be similar to, say, a newspaper electing to not cover trump's awkward moments while covering Harris' awkward moments; or a bakery offering pro-harris cake or cookies but not pro-trump stuff.

the constitution only bars government or public agents from infringing on free speech- it does not bar you from kicking your asshat trumper out of thanksgiving dinner.

so far, the only thing I can see that Musk has done that is against election law is to solicit donors with the $47 he promised to recruiters, so to speak... and that's... well... I'm not sure that's going to be an easy case to win.

[-] zante@lemmy.wtf 10 points 4 days ago

Rich people buy media to advance their agenda.

Up next, you won’t believe where this bear shits.

[-] ImADifferentBird 6 points 4 days ago

Is the Pope Catholic? Our new investigation up next.

[-] bouldering_barista@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

"you don't say" meme

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Magoos: "Twitter did it to Trump before Musk so it's ok! Revenge is our bread and butter! Watch me drink liberal tears and laugh over something that enraged me previously! Gratification is more important than integrity!"

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Isn't this similar to working with the Enquirer. Y'know that whole thing where he was convicted for 34 felonies. Guess we'll get another conviction and no justice 4 years from now?

I'm shocked.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 3 points 4 days ago

The main thing that gives X relevance is sports media and corporate communications. If they all move elsewhere, X would turn into an echo chamber like Truth Social.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Trumptards took over Clubhouse without the backing from the CEO. It's a collective strategy, and not one man's bigotry

[-] Omnificer@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's pretty crazy. Do you have examples of Reddit admins directly working with Democrat campaigns or politicians to remove content? I don't think Hunter Biden's dick pics count, as revenge porn is already illegal.

Edit: For anyone confused as to how my reply relates to the above post, the above used to be a claim that Reddit worked with democrats to remove content, but is now edited to say something completely different.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

The difference is that a community of people is downvoting and upvoting content. It’s not one person controlling what you see.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Too much nuance for a 'both sides' person

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

But also one man's bigotry letting the place become a massive cesspool beyond the cesspool it already was.

[-] ImADifferentBird 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The first thing Musk did when he took over is un-ban many of those people. He's since repeatedly banned progressive journalists, added the word "cis" to the hate speech filters, and made numerous other changes to the way the site operates to boost those voices and suppress opposing ones.

He's not the only one to blame, to be sure, but if you think he hasn't been spearheading the effort, you haven't been paying attention. He's been backing them and a whole lot more.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Fuck Musk, but he doesn't deserve all the attention he's given.

[-] ImADifferentBird 1 points 4 days ago

I mean, no, he doesn't, but he was getting that attention long before he became openly fascist. And that makes him a huge problem now that he is.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Toss him and ask the idiot blue checks in jail.

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