Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders | Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.::Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I mean, this seems pretty easy to enforce. “Mr Musk, why is there a blue check mark next to a terrorist’s X account? Are you doing business with sanctioned groups?” X isn’t some international public service. Its a private US company subject to laws.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Of course they can, the US government allows free speach, they won’t stop any US citizen saying anything.