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> since this account was also posting the internal screenshots

Elon hasn't banned journalists from posting leaked internal screenshots of Twitter's Slack.

Yet.

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He's threatening leakers with lawsuits. Quite a departure from his promises of transparency...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/leaked-email-sho...

Honestly, a lot about Elon's handling of Twitter bothers me, but this one doesn't; free speech and transparency never meant "leak company info to the press at will".

I do find it hilarious that the email immediately leaked, though.

I challenge the premise. If twitter was being transparent, its policies would be published and there would be nothing to leak.

What policies are being leaked?

Is Twitter now a no-corporate-leaks zone? Or is it just a 'no corporate leaks that upset Elon' zone? Will he ban people for talking about government leaks, or leaks from the DNC? Are these rules anywhere in its TOS, or are we all playing a round of Chairman Mao's[1] game?

If he is the free speech advocate he claims (He's not, it should be crystal clear at this point), he should be looking for the leakers, not fighting the press quoting them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_(card_game)

There'd be much more blowback for doing that. But showing stuff on Twitter that's leaked from Twitter and intended to influence Twitter is pretty dangerous.

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