Elon Musk, who claimed to be a "free speech absolutist," is censoring tweets in Turkey ahead of critical elections at the request of the autocrats currently in power
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He should have let Erdogan try to block Twitter in Turkey. It'd have blown up in Erdogan's face and the end result would have been a big win for Twitter and yes, Musk.
But no, here's his oh so principled take:
@pieist @juddlegum The option of standing by his stated principles and free speech, even if there is a cost for doing so, apparently never entered his head.