Summary
Elon Musk is accused of censoring right-wing accounts on X after at least 14 conservative users who criticised his immigration stance said their blue verification ticks were revoked, restricting their ability to monetize.
Musk, who called anti-immigration Republicans “hateful racists,” has long supported skilled immigration.
Critics allege this violates his “freedom of speech” policy, accusing him of “shadowbanning” dissenters.
The controversy arises amid heated US immigration debates, partly sparked by Donald Trump’s appointment of Indian-born Sriram Krishnan as an AI adviser, a move Musk supported.
The only speech Musk believes should be free is his own. That is a remarkably consistent stance with nearly all other conservatives.
Imagine for a fucking moment that you declared yourself in favor of free speech while also dictating how others should identify themselves. Trans identification brought this to an absurdist level but conservatives have always been in favor of extremely stringent limits on self-expression.