Musk also uses plenty of heavy handed moderation; it's just almost all directed at the left. For instance: https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethinc-...

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frumplestlatz 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They were banned for literally advocating for political violence. The fact that they hadn’t been banned earlier is the only concerning fact here.

The current top article on their website argues for punching their political opponents in the streets.

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monocasa 2 hours ago | parent [-]

And yet right wingers openly calling for the west to ethnically cleanse the non white races get reinstated.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus...

And simply criticizing Musk is enough to get a shadow ban

https://futurism.com/twitter-shadow-ban-elon-musk

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frumplestlatz an hour ago | parent [-]

Andrew Anglin, the subject of the first article, was re-banned in 2023 for the same reason that crimethink, inc was banned.

The subjects of the second article are particularly odious right-wing conspiracy theorists and racists that lost their reach, which they believe was connected to arguing with Elon.

That seems like an action you’d be in favor of, and also it counters the propaganda claim — but regardless, their claim that they were shadow-banned, that the cause was direct intercession by Elon, and that the motivation was their merely disagreeing with him, is unsupported by any evidence.

	▲	monocasa an hour ago \| parent [-]
		He had already been banned for the same reason, and Musk unbanned him in the same wave that had him ban crimethinc.