Elon Musk’s declaration

Musk is trying to destroy the Center for Countering Digital Hate for sharply criticizing the slant of ex-Twitter towards right-wing hate. His methods so far include (1) exaggeration and (2) trying to stretch the law (but failing so far).

Overall I think his aim is to intimidate people into surrendering to his encroachment on election law, as they would if he were emperor.

I am of two minds about on-line hate. On the one hand, that hate can whip up right-wing hate campaigns that undermine human rights generally. On the other hand, laws against expressing hatred as such are a form of censorship, and the laws can easily be redirected to suppress protests that the state does not like.