After Elon Musk Takeover, Twitter Users Test Free Speech Limits

Twitter users wasted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identity and masks.

Twitter users wereted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning the identity of transgender people and masks.

Hours after Musk took full ownership of the platform, conservative voices celebrated what they said was their newly restored right to free speech.

Podcaster Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) jumped right in, tweeting: "BTW guys turn *can't* get pregnant, bring it up, Leps."

This tweet sparked support and derision, with those who apparently agreed responding with tweets such as "Truth" and "This is going to be a great day".

Others chose to ridicule the familiar attempt to "possess" liberal opponents.

"Turns out you can't fuck," he wrote on Twitter @sawthrewit.

The masks that were widely adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has proven to be divisive in the United States even though scientists have recommended their use, has also been a popular topic.

Now that we can tell the truth here that Elon Musk has officially taken power,

I'm just going to come out and say: Masks don't work," tweet @ianmSC.

As it was almost 2020 again, the tweet sparked a number of supportive comments and videos showing steamy breaths leaking from the side of the masks.

It also raised the expected responses from the other side of the debate.

"So if you needed surgery, you'd be fine with the medical staff not wearing masks? I mean they don't work, right?" Twitter @marynol51.

The world's richest man, the self-proclaimed "absolute freedom of speech," finalized his control of Twitter late Thursday.

The mercurial Tesla CEO tweeted, "Let the good times roll,

His latest hilarious gesture that his turbulent $44 billion attempt to own Twitter's private site is finally done.

Musk has vowed to step back from content moderation, which conservatives say is unfairly targeting their views.

But critics warn that without standards, the world's "digital town square" is in danger of becoming free for-

All misinformation, with potentially disastrous consequences for democracy and public health.

In true Twitter fashion, the conservative-led effort to test the limits on Friday did little to deceive.

“As this platform allows freedom of expression again, I would just like to say that a wonderful Doritos ranch is better than nacho cheese,

@KFILE tweeted.

While Alyssafarah was looking forward to putting the cat between the pigeons with an old chainsaw that never fails to prove the cremation: "The Rolling Stones > The Beatles"

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