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Twitter seems to ban all Threads links to reaffirm its position as a “free speech absolutist” platform

www.theverge.com Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links

A search for Threads content on Twitter currently brings up zero results, despite plenty of links to Meta’s microblogging rival being posted on the platform.

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Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links

www.theverge.com /2023/7/11/23790834/twitter-search-for-threads-urls-broken-zero-results

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And no one is surprised.
Elon made it clear shortly after taking over that "free speech" was speech he happened to agree with, and he had no intentions of ethical consistency on 'free speech' when it came to speech that was critical of him or his platform. Twitter already went nuclear on links to Mastadon and similar alternative platforms earlier this year while their dumpster fire was raging.
- Fee speech, pay $8/mo to post hate speech at your leisure.
  
  lmao that is such a good descriptor of what's going on there. Elon figured he could make money from racists wanting to be racist around normal people.
  
  Honestly seems like it could be the GOP's definition of free speech.
  
  Anything I don't like = hate speech. Got it.
  
  I don't like when people use their boosted presence to say that minorities are a threat and ought to be exterminated, yeah.
  What's with people pretending we are talking about pineapple on pizza whenever hate speech is mentioned?
  
  What’s with people pretending we are talking about pineapple on pizza whenever hate speech is mentioned?
  Because some people (and reddit users in particular) use the strategy of putting everything in the same bag to silence dissent. All it takes is the majority calling 'pineapple on pizza' hate speech and now nobody can talk about it in fear of being called a hater.
  
  Lol are the goalposts so far gone that we are trying to imply hate speech just isn't a thing that exists anymore? They didn't say what was classified as hate speech, just that it is definitely on Twitter. If you don't believe there's hate speech on Twitter, well... I'd offer to sell you the Golden Gate Bridge but I don't want to take advantage of such low cognitive ability.
- Yeah, I think what he said was that anything allowed by law would be permitted, whatever that means. But then when they started impeding links to mastodon he was like "we don't have to let you advertise our competition >>>:(." Elon/Twitter has gotten so tedious to hear about.
  
  The thing there is that like ... it's not about consistency or values. The fact that he lied is meaningless to him, throwing it in his face is wasted effort. Communication is a tool to get what he wants, not a goal unto itself.

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