Konstantin Kisin
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And that happens quite a lot on X. So I don't enjoy that aspect of it. But I've always said that would be the price that we would pay for freedom. Freedom always has a price, and that's what we're seeing. As for Zuckerberg, His miraculous transformation into a free speech warrior is just wonderful. And I'm delighted to welcome him.
And that happens quite a lot on X. So I don't enjoy that aspect of it. But I've always said that would be the price that we would pay for freedom. Freedom always has a price, and that's what we're seeing. As for Zuckerberg, His miraculous transformation into a free speech warrior is just wonderful. And I'm delighted to welcome him.
I'm sure it's entirely genuine and not anything to do with the election results we've just seen in any way whatsoever. And the fact that the culture shifted and those of us who were being censored by people like him for years actually winning the argument. Well, what it shows you is we've won the argument on free speech. when it comes to the big tech platforms. And it's going to be messy.
I'm sure it's entirely genuine and not anything to do with the election results we've just seen in any way whatsoever. And the fact that the culture shifted and those of us who were being censored by people like him for years actually winning the argument. Well, what it shows you is we've won the argument on free speech. when it comes to the big tech platforms. And it's going to be messy.
And I always said it was going to be messy because inevitably when you create these large platforms that are algorithmically driven, where the truth and the moderate reasonable take is not what usually gets attention, you're going to see a lot of unpleasantness. I value the ability to hear and communicate truthful ideas and facts over my own subjective feelings.
And I always said it was going to be messy because inevitably when you create these large platforms that are algorithmically driven, where the truth and the moderate reasonable take is not what usually gets attention, you're going to see a lot of unpleasantness. I value the ability to hear and communicate truthful ideas and facts over my own subjective feelings.
Oh, someone said a thing I don't like or someone was racist or someone was misogynistic. I don't enjoy the fact that that happens, but I would rather that happened and also we were not being censored from saying, you know, COVID probably came from a lab in China, which we were. You know, the... The Hunter Biden laptop story isn't Russian disinformation.
Oh, someone said a thing I don't like or someone was racist or someone was misogynistic. I don't enjoy the fact that that happens, but I would rather that happened and also we were not being censored from saying, you know, COVID probably came from a lab in China, which we were. You know, the... The Hunter Biden laptop story isn't Russian disinformation.
Actually, it's an important piece of information that American voters need to hear when they're making their decision about the election. And all of these other things that were being suppressed and censored across social media for years.
Actually, it's an important piece of information that American voters need to hear when they're making their decision about the election. And all of these other things that were being suppressed and censored across social media for years.
they're not anymore and i think that's a good thing and i think that's helpful and if you look at you know to bring it back to the uk for a moment stephen uh as you know on trigonometry we've tried to cover the grooming gangs uh scandal and is as an outrage what happened in this country over decades we've we've been covering that for years since about 2019 2020 to very little purchase
they're not anymore and i think that's a good thing and i think that's helpful and if you look at you know to bring it back to the uk for a moment stephen uh as you know on trigonometry we've tried to cover the grooming gangs uh scandal and is as an outrage what happened in this country over decades we've we've been covering that for years since about 2019 2020 to very little purchase
And one of the reasons is it was just something that the media sort of covered and then moved on when it actually should have been something we talked about on a daily basis until serious action was taken. And we saw real, real change, real change in policing, real change in social work, real change in government, real change in the way that these racially aggravated hate crimes were treated.
And one of the reasons is it was just something that the media sort of covered and then moved on when it actually should have been something we talked about on a daily basis until serious action was taken. And we saw real, real change, real change in policing, real change in social work, real change in government, real change in the way that these racially aggravated hate crimes were treated.
Well, none of that was really being talked about seriously until Elon kicked up a fuss amplified the voices of survivors, amplified the voices of campaigners on X, which he bought, and now the British government is forced to do whatever it can to actually address those issues to the extent that it will. A lot of people will say it still doesn't go far enough.
Well, none of that was really being talked about seriously until Elon kicked up a fuss amplified the voices of survivors, amplified the voices of campaigners on X, which he bought, and now the British government is forced to do whatever it can to actually address those issues to the extent that it will. A lot of people will say it still doesn't go far enough.
Well, if it doesn't go far enough, we now have a platform from which we can continue to have that conversation until there is the sort of inquiry and the sort of outcomes that people want to actually deliver real change. So is that a positive? God, yes. God, yes. We needed that.
Well, if it doesn't go far enough, we now have a platform from which we can continue to have that conversation until there is the sort of inquiry and the sort of outcomes that people want to actually deliver real change. So is that a positive? God, yes. God, yes. We needed that.
Those women who were raped on a mass scale needed their voices to be amplified by someone like Elon Musk on a platform like X, which is now free. to the point where Keir Starmer is forced into defensive action. I wish that was around 30 years ago, because a hell of a lot of young girls and women wouldn't have suffered the way they did if we had the opportunity to get that message out.
Those women who were raped on a mass scale needed their voices to be amplified by someone like Elon Musk on a platform like X, which is now free. to the point where Keir Starmer is forced into defensive action. I wish that was around 30 years ago, because a hell of a lot of young girls and women wouldn't have suffered the way they did if we had the opportunity to get that message out.