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‘Hypocrisy, Elon Musk be thy name’: Mehdi Hasan as Twitter complies with Turkey’s censorship demands

‘Is this Musk just preferring foreign autocratic governments...?’

Scroll Staff
May 15, 2023 · 12:04 pm

"You can't crown yourself the grand poobah of free speech while also cravenly caving to the demands of foreign autocracies where you also, conveniently, happen to have other business interests."

My commentary tonight on Twitter, Turkey, censorship & Musk:pic.twitter.com/rab7dj2alU

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 15, 2023
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