Viva La France!

The French are a fascinating people. pic.twitter.com/mI0vDNGWd5

— DEI Lead at British East India Co. (@AnikVJoshi) April 26, 2022

Same energy.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Yes, if I don't like what Twitter does with it's platform I can leave. I have exactly zero right to have Twitter be run the way I'd like it to be.

Exactly the same zero right that Trump, Berenson, and the rest of the right wing snowflakes have. Stop it. https://t.co/EyLNBtd38q

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) April 26, 2022

The concern of the French restaurant seems more sound and reasonable. And recalling the old adage: “If you’re so smart, how come you’re not rich?”, the richest man in the world is absolutely incompetent when it comes to expressing ideas.

I mean, it’s fine to say “our platform will allow everything protected by the First Amendment,” but this theory of free speech is incoherent and ignores the existence of freedom of association. pic.twitter.com/0CIM1HP6YL

— AlgorithmicJusticeHat (@Popehat) April 26, 2022

QED. And since we’re on the subject.

SCOOP:

Some Twitter users noticed massive follower drop-offs yesterday.

Twitter just confirmed to @NBCNews that this activity was organic, not automated.

In short: The same day Elon Musk bought Twitter, a lot of people deactivated their accounts.

Twitter's Statement below. pic.twitter.com/V7is7tZYq2

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 27, 2022

I’m sure Musk’s outline of free speech and how it works will bring them all back.