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Pirate Wires

TRAPPED at Burning Man! & Elon Musk vs. ADL | PIRATE WIRES EP# 13 🏴‍☠️

Sep 8, 2023
01:22:23
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Liv Boeree joins the show to give an on the ground report of Burning Man, debunking rumors. They discuss Elon Musk suing the ADL, Time Magazine's AI cover, and have a debate around AI.
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  • The power of unelected organizations to influence online discourse and the potential for de facto censorship have raised concerns in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the ADL.
  • NGOs and activists pressuring platforms to control and censor speech presents a complex conversation around protecting against hate speech while maintaining free speech principles.

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ADL lawsuit and online speech

Elon Musk is suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for defamation in a lawsuit concerning online speech. The ADL, along with other NGOs, has been pressuring advertisers to leave platforms like Twitter due to their perceived lack of speech control. This tactic of pressuring platforms through advertisers has raised concerns about de facto censorship and the power of unelected organizations to influence online discourse.

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