Should we ask scientific journals to drop their rigid standards to let every troll publish their wacky theories in the name of free speech and error correction? Entities need to be able to enforce standards to maintain a certain market reputation of credibility.
Free speech is necessary for knowledge.
Suppressing a truth stops people knowing it is true.
Suppressing a falsehood stops them knowing why it is false.
Suppressing discussion of any sort stops the discovery of new truth.
Censorship short-circuits the feedback loop for the one being censored.
Plus it gives a false sense of validation to the victim even if he/she is actually wrong.
Censorship is ommittedly a political act.
Those doing the censorship have their own aims, reasons, and ulterior motives.
They claim it's for the public good.
But it's never for the public good.
The free speech is just a surface level objective of Elon Musk.
I'm certain he will positively revolutionise Twitter.
The real reasons root much deeper.
Story time to prove this point; I grew up in an actual cult. Many ppl wonder how cults exist in the 21st Cent. They think it’s all brainwashing. Partly true. But what it really is is the lack of free expression. All u need is bad ideas uncorrected to make all sorts of nonsense.