Elon Musk explains decision to ban Hamas' X account: 'This was a tough call'

He's been purging dozens of accounts (that I've seen) that have nothing at all to do with Hamas, the only common thread is criticism of Israel.

"Twitter serves as the de facto public town square" says Musk

More like the square for village idiots.

From what I can tell he hasn't done anything to make it a public square at all. Quite the opposite. It's easier than ever to be a fake propagandist or hardcore porn content creator, and they will even take your money for a silly badge, no questions asked.

Isn’t this consistent with X’s rules that if you call for violence or crimes, you get banned. This isn’t a free speech issue. It’s a “no criminal speech” issue.

So it seems like their rule is pretty clearly applied. And they have an exception for government. So I would expect that the Gaza government, that happens to be Hamas, posts criminal speech it would not be banned since that government is recognized by the UN.

Free speech is a highly strong word to elicit overreactions. This is not a free speech issue. This is a political-influence issue. Hamas's enemies are Elon's friends.