# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")
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#### Post date: [January 25, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2838 "2023-01-25T18:37:10Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> IMO, it’s never a positive thing when a government can suppress critical speech.

Agreed. Its about motive and timing. A parallel was shown between RT’s censorship in the US during Elections.

> [@Acsenray](#):
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> The BBC should not need “moral high grounds” to avoid having its documentary suppressed by the Indian government.

The BBC needs high moral grounds to question the trial results of a case tried by the supreme court of India. This is the same supreme court that has legalized gay marriage, trans rights and legalized abortion.

So, for BBC to completely ignore the judgement provided by a panel of judges, does need a higher moral ground, IMO.

> [@Acsenray](#):
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> I don’t believe that suppressing a documentary is a legitimate way to “defend sovereignty” and there is no government that has the right to do that.

I believe governance of social media is evolving even in the states and European Union (see cite above provided for EU censoring twitter) as I speak. Please see above where I have provided cites as to how the EU censors Twitter.

It is totally unacceptable for India to have a foreign news agency question the judgement of its Supreme Court that has tried a case consistent with its Constitution. Moreover, this has the potential of fomenting racial riots in an election year.

India censored Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses in India for the same reasons that it would result in riots in India.

> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Sure sounds to me like **[a vibrant democracy doing real positive thing](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/25/why-modi-doesnt-want-india-to-watch-bbc-film-on-gujarat-carnage)**

Sure - a Quote from Al Jazeera on Modi, written by anonymous authors, with fringe incidents blown out of proportions. Next you will tell me how well the Uighurs are doing in China based on a report from China’s National newspaper.

> [@OldOlds](#):
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> The fact that this was 20 years ago is irrelevant. We’re still litigating the Armenian genocide …

Modi was tried in the Supreme Court of India per the Constitution of India and found not guilty. A petition to reopen the case was dismissed. But if you want to ignore a panel of Judges, and believe in a conspiracy theory : then sure you may also believe that Obama was not born in the US or disbelief the 911 Investigation report or the Committee’s report on the Insurrection.

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