Sell out: Elon Musk says independent media will stay banned on Twitter; only “trusted” media outlets allowed

(Source: NewsTarget)

As many expected he would do, Elon Musk has changed his mind and decided to keep Twitter as is with independent media outlets prohibited from posting content.

In a November 18 announcement, Musk announced that Twitter’s new policy under his leadership “is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.” What he means by this is that only “trusted” content will be seen by others using the platform while independent content remains shadow-banned and hidden from view.

“Negative / hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter,” Musk explained. “You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of the Internet.” (Related: Remember when Elon Musk asked the communist Chinese government to censor all social media content in the country that is critical of Tesla and its garbage vehicles?)