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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Elon musk s hypocrisy about free speech hits a new low | History Defined

Elon Musk ADL United States Twitter Inc. Jameel Jaffer Jonathan Greenblatt Suzanne Nossel

A white, middle-aged man with dark brown hair, wearing a light shirt and navy blazer without a tie, tents his fingers against his lips and looks to his right. It's a closeup, with him well-lit before a black background, seeming to suggest that he is on a stage listening to someone speaking. — ‘Like many a mogul, Elon Musk doesn’t like to be challenged.’ Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Even before he took over Twitter, Elon Musk touted himself as a “free speech absolutist”.

This was always a troubling notion for an insanely rich guy with a cult following whose sense of history is as limited as his ego is boundless.

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