Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called
arstechnica.com
After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called::After a report called out Musk’s union-busting, UAW’s blue check got reinstated.

    • figaro@lemdro.idEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Excellent decision sir, human rights are overrated anyway

      • probably some blue check person
    • SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      I mean technically it’s the free speech of Elon to do whatever with his company, right? Like how the Colorado photographer didn’t have to provide services to gays and how Amazon is no longer allowing BLM.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        When the savior of humanity declared he was a “free speech absolutist” people misinterpreted his meaning.

        He meant that he should have absolute authority over who should have free speech.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        I mean technically it’s the free speech

        Legally, yes. Ethically, definitely no.

        How most of society uses that term is not in the legal way, but in the ethical way, which is a topic all on its own; a weird disconnect.

            • Case@unilem.orgEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Tell that to, I dunno, everyone else.

              They certainly think so.

              I’ve been wary of corporations since I first read Neuromancer.

        • seitanic@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          And you get these smooth-brain takes like “Only the government can take away your free speech” because people think that “freedom of speech” and “the First Amendment” are one and the same.

    • etuomaala@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      As an ex Elon fanboy let me literally honestly try the best I can here…

      The best I can come up with is, “Hi. Elon here. Revoking UAW’s blue check was just a joke. Get it? Humour! I can humourise with the best of them. Ha. Ha. Ha.”

    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Private platform. That was the argument before Elon took over, so I guess same works (or doesn’t) here.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Somewhere an Elon fanboy is explaining why this is peak free speech

      This gives off such a movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” vibe.

    • Pohl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It is free speech as I would define it. The UAW had decided foolishly to communicate on a platform run by and for right wing reactionaries. Those asshats are free to moderate however they like, it’s their platform.

      Stop using twitter you idiots! Using twitter gives legitimacy to the platform. The platform’s spreads nazi hate speech. What possible excuse does the UAW have for giving legitimacy to a nazi platform???

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        In the land of morons, I reasonable person reads the articles and finds this:

        To be fair, the Arstechnica article doesn’t mention this, the Intercept article that Arstechnica refers to does, and most people usually don’t read double article in deep before commenting.

      • seitanic@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Where does it say that? I don’t see it anywhere. I didn’t see it mentioned in the article, either.