Summary
Elon Musk is accused of censoring right-wing accounts on X after at least 14 conservative users who criticised his immigration stance said their blue verification ticks were revoked, restricting their ability to monetize.
Musk, who called anti-immigration Republicans “hateful racists,” has long supported skilled immigration.
Critics allege this violates his “freedom of speech” policy, accusing him of “shadowbanning” dissenters.
The controversy arises amid heated US immigration debates, partly sparked by Donald Trump’s appointment of Indian-born Sriram Krishnan as an AI adviser, a move Musk supported.
He revoked the blue brand label from their account.
Its literally digital class system.
Everyone not on the platform doesn’t exist. (Technical censorship)
Do not question your god king or you will end your days as one of the poor, or worse you’ll be vanished.
It’s digital feudalism.
He also canceled people’s subscription to the targeted accounts and reduced the visibility of any account that gets blocked or muted by a number of accounts with larger follower counts.