Elon Musk has vowed to dial again content material moderation after tookover the Twitter.

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Twitter customers wasted no time Friday testing the bounds of free speech on the platform beneath new proprietor Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identification and masks.

Hours after Musk took complete possession of the platform, conservative voices celebrated what they stated was their newly-reclaimed proper to free speech.

Podcaster Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) jumped straight in, tweeting: “BTW turns out men *CANT* get pregnant, Bring it, libs.”

BTW seems males *CANT* get pregnant

Bring it, libs 👊🏻

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) October 28, 2022

The tweet sparked each assist and derision, with these apparently in settlement replying with tweets like “Truth,” and “This is gonna be a great day.”

Others opted to mock the acquainted try and “own” liberal opponents.

“Turns out you CAN’T get laid,” tweeted @sawthrewit.

The masks that have been extensively adopted throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, and which proved divisive within the United States regardless of scientists recommending their use, have been additionally a preferred matter.

“Now that we can tell the truth here after Elon Musk officially took over, I’m just going to come out and say it: Masks don’t work,” tweeted @ianmSC.

Now that we are able to inform the reality right here after Elon Musk formally took over, I’m simply going to come back out and say it:

Masks do not work

— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) October 28, 2022

Almost prefer it was 2020 yet again, the tweet sparked a lot of supportive feedback and movies exhibiting steamy breath escaping from the facet of masks.

It additionally provoked the anticipated replies from the opposite facet of the talk.

“So if you need surgery you’d be okay with the medical staff not wearing masks? I mean since they don’t work, right?” tweeted @marynol51.

So if you happen to want surgical procedure you would be okay with the medical employees not carrying masks? I imply since they do not work, proper? 🤷🏻‍♀️

— Mary MacLean (@marynol51) October 28, 2022

The world’s richest man, a self-declared “free speech absolutist,” finalised his will-he-won’t-he takeover of Twitter late Thursday.

The mercurial Tesla chief tweeted, “let the good times roll,” his newest lighthearted gesture signaling his tumultuous, $44 billion bid to take Twitter non-public was lastly carried out.

Musk has vowed to dial again content material moderation, which conservatives say unfairly targets their views.

But detractors warn that with out requirements, the world’s “digital town square” is liable to changing into a free-for-all of misinformation, with presumably perilous penalties for democracy and public well being.

In true Twitter trend, the conservative-led effort to check boundaries on Friday generated just a few tongue-in-cheek efforts.

“Since this platform is allowing free-speech again I would just like to say that cool ranch Doritos are better than nacho cheese,” tweeted @KFILE.

Since this platform is permitting free-speech once more I might similar to to say that cool ranch Doritos are higher than nacho cheese.

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) October 28, 2022

While @Alyssafarah appeared to set the cat amongst the pigeons with an previous noticed that by no means fails to show incendiary: “The Rolling Stones > the Beatles”

The Rolling Stones > the Beatles https://t.co/Z1dPmzTysX

— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) October 28, 2022

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