Elon Musk & X: promises that didn’t materialise
X as a "free speech platform"
Musk repeatedly described X as a platform for maximum free speech, neutrality, and viewpoint diversity.
What actually happened by end-2025:
Selective enforcement of rules
Journalists, researchers, and critics suspended or throttled,
Government requests complied with quietly,
Amplification skewed toward paying or ideologically aligned accounts
🔗 Reuters — Researchers, journalists sanctioned on X: reuters.com/technology/mus…
🔗 Amnesty / human rights critique: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
X didn’t become a free-speech platform, it became a selective speech platform with algorithmic preference.
X would "defeat bots and spam"
Musk said fixing bots was a top priority and would be largely solved.
Reality by 2025:
Bot networks persist in ever increasing numbers.
Spam replies increased after verification changes.
Researchers documented coordinated amplification.
"Pay-to-boost" made manipulation easier, not harder.
🔗 Reuters — Researchers warn of coordinated manipulation on X: reuters.com/technology/res…
🔗 Center for Countering Digital Hate: counterhate.com/research/twitt…
Sep 4, 2025 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Ever notice how Trump-world accounts sound less like leaders & more like 15-second adverts?
🚨 “Record highs!”
🚨 “Strongest ever!”
🚨 “America winning again!”
It’s propaganda disguised as ad copy — short, hyped, and hollow. Let’s unpack. 🧵
2/ They cherry-pick numbers: GDP, oil output, stock market blips.
But ignore the bigger picture:
– $34 TRILLION national debt 📉
– Crumbling infrastructure 🚧
– Skyrocketing healthcare costs 💊
– Schools & communities underfunded 🏫
That’s not “winning.”
Jul 10, 2025 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 “Ukraine’s army is full of Nazis!”: not quite. Let’s fact-check that Le Monde report that is being pushed at the moment by various pro Ru sources🧐
1/ Le Monde identified 350 soldiers posting Nazi symbols online — not military policy, not battalion patches, but personal social media misuse.
2/ Of those, ~200 were from the 3rd Assault Brigade, a large and visible unit descended from Azov. But again — 200 soldiers ≠ entire army.
