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Weirdly I'm almost on the other side of the whole doxxing issue.

We've established now that Elon really doesn't like it when people dox him, and all his right-leaning supporters are defending that.

Well, that's a precedent now for when minorities and vulnerable people who aren't billionaires are doxxed by right wing hate groups (e.g. Kiwifarms).

And radical free speech just got abruptly limited when it got personal.

The important point should be that the principle should be applied equally, particularly since groups like Kiwifarms are much worse than ElonJet.

>>lamont+(OP)
Precedent only matters if the rules are applied consistently.

These only consistent rule on Twitter now is “don’t tweet shit that offends Elon”.

>>comte7+ud
Twitter is kind of gone at this point. But the lessons could live on after it.

>>lamont+Zh
Hopefully the main lesson is: don’t give this kind of power to privately owned platforms.

>>lamont+(OP)
But the principle won't be applied equally. No property of the universe will swoop in and force Musk to take action when trans people are threatened. It is an error to assume that systems that protect the rich and powerful will be used to protect the poor and oppressed.

>>lamont+(OP)
Elon, quite literally, immediately asked for the Internet to doxx someone right after making this rule change. He posted a picture of a car/license/person and demanded everyone find this person. Strangely, the 'incident' was never important enough to actually contact law enforcement over...