# 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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2842 "2023-01-25T19:29:10Z")

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> [@am77494](#):
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> Agreed. Its about motive and timing. A parallel was shown between RT’s censorship in the US during Elections.

RT wasn’t censored by the government in the US – private distributors dropped it on business grounds (because no one wanted to pay for Russian propaganda any more).

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

“It would result in riots” is a convenient excuse governments can use any time they want to ban a particular form of speech. Rarely does it actually have anything to do with preventing riots.

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