X owner Elon Musk took a strong stand against censorship during an interview with a German political candidate. Here’s what she told him about the dystopian reality of free speech in the European Union (EU).
Musk interviewed Alice Weidel, candidate for chancellor for the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD), during a Jan. 9 X Space and made the case that “free speech is the bedrock of democracy.” Weidel explained to Musk that the interview was being closely observed by E.U. goons seeking to enforce a draconian censorship law: “Now while we talk, 150 bureaucrats of the European Union are watching us, our conversation, to enforce this ridiculous Digital Services Act (DSA), that is nothing else than a censorship on free speech.”
And Weidel isn’t being paranoid here. Politico reported on Thursday that bureaucrats would be listening in. Politico also discussed their investigative powers and mentioned that the EU is already investigating X for refusing to censor free speech in July 2024.
During his discussion with Weidel, Musk defended free speech, telling Weidel: “Without freedom of speech, people are obviously not able to say what they want to say and then they cannot make an informed vote. So if people are simply fed propaganda and have no access to what’s really going on, then they can’t make an informed vote and you don’t have a real democracy, so that’s why I say free speech is the bedrock of democracy.”
Musk followed with another jab at censorship: “It’s actually quite easy to tell who the bad guys are: It’s like who wants to shut down freedom of speech? They are the bad guys. It’s very clear.” […]
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