Thousands of commentators, some very well known, and others not so well known, have been rotting in “Twitter jail” for months and in some cases years, due to Twitter’s incredibly politicised and ideologised content moderation policies, which really came into their own during the Covid pandemic (here’s a description of my own case, which amply illustrates the level to which Twitter’s moderation process had become corrupted by vested interests). But the regressive, anti-scientific and anti-philosophical Twitter regime that Elon Musk inherited appears to be falling to pieces. One of the nails in its coffin is Musk’s recent announcement of an amnesty for permanently banned accounts.
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Elon Musk had promised to “free the bird” a long time ago, but some of us were getting quite fidgety as we were only seeing the accounts of high profile figures being restored. Finally, a few days ago, Musk announced his intention to apply an “amnesty” to accounts that had been suspended by Twitter (for reasons not related to illegality or fraud).
If Musk is true to his promise, then this will be a really important step forward for freedom of speech, and for a healthier and more genuinely inclusive public sphere. Of course, there will always be toxic conversations on Twitter - that just seems inevitable. However, we can be optimistic that Musk’s amnesty, and the general moderation philosophy he is advocating (focus on legality, not politics), may very well spell the end of the current regime of Woke, Big Government, and Big Pharma censorship on Twitter.
The mere fact that dissenting scientific and political voices will finally be heard on Twitter is a big step forward for social progress and I am hopeful it will make for a more open and rational digital “town square,” given the enormous reach of this platform. It was brave of Elon Musk to do this, given that he was being hounded by leftist activists and big advertisers were threatening to put their Twitter advertising campaigns on hold, which is no small thing, given Twitter’s heavy dependence on advertising income.
Freedom lovers all over the world will be watching closely to see how this “general amnesty” will be applied. But if it goes through - and there is no reason to think it will not - it will certainly be fun to openly discuss the issues Big Pharma, Big Government, (some) Big Tech, and Big Media would prefer to keep under wraps, and to do so without fear of being suspended or shadow-banned by Woke and mass vax activists at the drop of a hat.
By the way, I will of course keep you posted on the return of my Twitter account, @davidjthunder.
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I’m one of the “not so well known” who was permanently suspended by Twitter.
I appealed twice but with no luck. I asked what I had retweeted that was against their rules but of course there was no answer to that, but it was pretty obvious that I wasn’t toeing the line with the Covid narrative of western Govts.
I only ever tweeted statistics and information from reliable sources (incl you) and Govt’s own statistics, but apparently saying anything against the “pandemic” or posting the mounting evidence that the “vaccines” were not as first appeared was the devil’s work. Their method of allowing those with racist, insulting and disgusting views on other matters to remain on the platform, but anything questioning Covid was banned, was hardly allowing free speech and very dangerous for all of us.
I welcome Elon Musk granting the amnesty and hope he will put the final nail in the coffin of the group think “adjudicators”...