Journalist banned from X says ‘free speech advocate’ Musk is a hypocrite
A respected investigative journalist has branded Elon Musk a free speech hypocrite after X (formerly Twitter) blocked his account for criticizing Telegram’s controversial content policy. Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev claimed he was blocked for complaining about Telegram’s facilitation of child pornography and suggested that the ban was hypocritical of Musk after he called the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov an attack on freedom of speech. “Elon Musk is thrashing France for wanting Telegram to do LITERALLY what he’s doing,” posted Grozev. Grozev argues that it isn’t controversial to remove freedom of speech for people with Telegram channels containing the words “underage girls.” However, Musk, who has labeled himself a free speech advocate, has called for the Russian entrepreneur’s release on the grounds that moderation is “a propaganda word for censorship.” According to X, Grozev’s post violated its child sexual exploita...