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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?

• Yes

  29.6%
• No

  70.4%

2,035,924 votes·Final results

7:34 AM · Mar 25, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

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Mar 25

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The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.

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Brit

@BritKCP

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Mar 25

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Twitter is a private company, not a government. Big difference.

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danielle x

@lovemesomemusk

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Mar 25

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but like does a private company need to adhere to a functioning democracy?

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Matt Wallace

@MattWallace888

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Mar 25

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My favorite thing to use my free speech for is talking about Dogecoin

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Sagar

@sagarcasm

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Mar 25

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Waiting for Twitter to suspend your account to prove your point

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Lavern Spicer

@lavern_spicer

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Mar 25

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There is no such thing as free speech on Silicon Valley social media.

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Christian Stöcker

@ChrisStoecker

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Mar 25

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Free speech is a function of nation states intefering (or not) with speech. What Twitter does or doesn‘t do doesn‘t have any bearing on it, since it is a private company, not a nation state.

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Brigitte Gabriel

@ACTBrigitte

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Mar 25

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Please buy Twitter.

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Rita Panahi

@RitaPanahi

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Mar 25

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33% of respondents are imbeciles or liars. There are no other options.

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