India’s government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi successfully pressured Twitter to block thousands of accounts that supported the farmer protest in Delhi, according to The Intercept.has its own issues with applying “free speech,” but we want to focus on the “around the globe” part today. This plays out all around the world, often with little media coverage in the U.S. Similarly, Twitter says its goal “is to respect user expression, while also taking into consideration applicable local laws.”.Meta, for instance, outlined this policy in its most recent transparency report: “When something on Facebook or Instagram is reported to us as violating local law, but doesn't go against our Community Standards, we may restrict the content's availability in the country where it is alleged to be illegal.”.This is an inconvenient truth in the tech world it’s what Big Tech policy teams mean when they say they’re “just following local law.” Time and again, governments threaten to shut down social media platforms if they don’t moderate content to their liking. Social media companies - even private ones - must stay in the good graces of governments to operate.
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Because while promoting free speech around the world is a noble cause, taking Twitter private won’t address the fundamental issues. Let’s talk about the “free speech around the globe” part of that.
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In a letter to Twitter chair Bret Taylor, Elon Musk said he invested in Twitter because he believes “in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe.” Musk went on to claim that Twitter could not “serve this societal imperative in its current form,” which motivated his offer to take Twitter private with a $43 billion cash offer.
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