Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas

The fight between Ketamine Boy and the MAGAts is definitely a time to root for injuries … David Ingram / NBC News : Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigration Nabaparna Bhattacharya / Benzinga : MAGA Conservatives Accuse Elon Musk of Censorship Over Immigration Disagreements on X Joshua Wilburn / RADAR : Elon Musk Mocked for Acting Like A ‘Toddler’ After Tesla Owner Rages ‘F— Yourself In The Face’ at Trump Supporters As H-1B Visa Debate Intensifies Charlie Nash / Mediaite : Elon Musk's Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’ Hawaii Tribune-Herald : Trump backers battle online over skilled immigrants Hafiz Rashid / New Republic : Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes Will McCurdy / PCMag : Right Wing Figures Allege Censorship on X Following Immigration Controversy Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner : Trump backs Musk and Ramaswamy on H-1B visas: 'I've always liked the visas' Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo : Who Got Duped? MAGA Activists Worry That Nativism And Tech Oligarchy May Not Go Hand In Hand Ben Blanchet / HuffPost : CNN Host Spots Elon Musk's Free Speech Hypocrisy Amid Right-Wing Clash On Immigration AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo : Elon Musk Agrees With Tweet Saying Americans Aren't Smart Enough for Tech Jobs Oliver O'Connell / The Independent : Trump sides with Elon Musk in MAGA immigration feud over H-1B visas Ben Berkowitz / Axios : Musk calls MAGA element “contemptible fools” as virtual civil war brews New York Times : Trump Backers, Including Elon Musk, Clash With Far Right Over Immigrant Workers and H-1B Visas Katherine Doyle / NBC News : Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy open rift with MAGA loyalists over skilled worker visas Andrew Torba / Gab News : The H-1B Immigration Debate: A Clash of Worlds and Values Kari Donovan / Stephen K Bannon's War Room : Laura Loomer vs. Tech Elites: A Warning for the Trump Campaign Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic : Elon Musk's Newest Critics on X Just Paid the Price Brad Reed / Raw Story : ‘Going to blow up in their face’: Laura Loomer warns Trump transition about embracing Musk The Independent : MAGA backlash as Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy defend visa program for skilled workers: Live updates Jeff Charles / Townhall : Scott Jennings Has Some Thoughts About Vivek Ramaswamy's Tweet Calling Americans Lazy, Mediocre Vivek Saxena / BizPac Review : Cry for attention: Nikki Haley picks ‘culture’ fight with Ramaswamy Travis Gettys / Raw Story : 'That's one take': CNN host gives ‘side eye’ to GOP strategist's analysis of MAGA clash Matthew Chapman / Raw Story : ‘Scam by the oligarchs!’ Steve Bannon piles on Elon Musk in MAGA civil war Atrios / Eschaton : MAGA Meltdown  —  I am still in a bit of holiday mode, but the abbreviated version … Phillip Molnar / Sun-Sentinel : Should the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers? Ahmad Austin Jr / Mediaite : FLASHBACK: Steve Bannon Labeled Elon Musk a ‘War Profiteer’ Who Would Take a Check ‘From Adolf Hitler Himself’ Ivana Saric / Axios : What to know about the H-1B visas fueling divide in MAGA world Hafiz Rashid / New Republic : MAGA in Total Mayhem as Laura Loomer Goes to War With Elon Musk Lalee Ibssa / ABC News : Musk and Ramaswamy spar with Trump supporters over support for H-1B work visas Politico : Republican brawl on immigration erupts as MAGA and tech world clash Samantha-Jo Roth / Washington Examiner : Trump base splits over Musk and Ramaswamy's support for foreign worker visas Aimee Picchi / CBS News : Musk and Ramaswamy are sparking a debate over the H-1B visa. Here's what to know about the visa. Justin Sink / Bloomberg : Musk's Immigration Fight With Trump Allies Engulfs Social Media Hafiz Rashid / New Republic : MTG Wades Into MAGA Fight With Weird Screed Blaming Young People Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart : Elon Musk Brings Back Shadowbanning, Conservatives Report Loss of Verification Following H-1B Fracas The Hill : MAGA civil war erupts between Musk, critics over H-1B visas Peter Kafka / Business Insider : Elon Musk has a new role in US politics — and his erratic style is unchanged Neil Patel / The Daily Caller : How To Fix Big Tech's Favorite Broken Immigration Policy David Brooks / New York Times : Why the New Fight Inside MAGA Matters So Much Alex Wilhelm / Cautious Optimism : The OpenAI corporate revamp seems pretty reasonable John Cole / Balloon Juice : Clown Fight at the Dipshit Corral Oliver Willis / Daily Kos : MAGA world is at war after DOGE bros back immigration expansion Alex Griffing / Mediaite : Laura Loomer Slams Elon Musk to Bannon: ‘We Need to Protect President Trump’ Ted Johnson / Deadline : “That Pretty Much Sums It Up”: Elon Musk Defends H-1B Visas Amid Split Between Trump Tech Bros And MAGA ‘Right Right’ Diana Glebova / New York Post : Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy in fiery spat with MAGA allies over foreign worker visas: ‘Essential for America to keep winning’ Griffin Eckstein / Salon : “Divorce is coming soon”: MAGA civil war erupts after Trump allies accuse Elon Musk of “censorship” Rolling Stone : Trump Ally Laura Loomer Says Elon Musk Is ‘Silencing’ Her Amid Immigration Spat Alison Durkee / Forbes : What Are H-1B Visas? The Immigration Policy Dividing Elon Musk And Trump's Allies Explained The Post Millennial : ‘America first means the American people first’: Tech industry clashes with MAGA base on H-1B visa debate Adi Robertson / The Verge : Elon Musk riles up Trump's far-right base by praising immigrants Jordy Meiselas / MeidasTouch News : EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk Suspends Laura Loomer Amid MAGA Civil War Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune : Trump's MAGA base is turning on Elon Musk after he said he wants to import more skilled workers Fox News : Musk and Ramaswamy ignite MAGA war over skilled immigration and American ‘mediocrity’ Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic : Elon Musk's Biggest Fans Turn Against Him Over Immigration Justin Baragona / The Independent : MAGA civil war ramps up as Trump ally Laura Loomer lays into Elon Musk — and loses her blue check Tom Boggioni / Raw Story : ‘A horrible decision’: Ramaswamy pounced on by ex-college classmate for ‘culture’ rant Brad Reed / Raw Story : Elon Musk's X moves to punish Trump ally after she lobs corruption allegations at him Dave Winer / Scripting News : The problem with everyone who says you have to get off Twitter is that we're giving … Tomoki Chien / The San Francisco Standard : Tech clashes with far-right MAGA in weird online battle over skilled work visas Alex Henderson / Alternet.org : ‘Trolling for attention’: MAGA conspiracy theorist ramps up ‘virulent’ attacks on Trump ally Ben Blanchet / HuffPost : Nikki Haley Rips Vivek Ramaswamy's ‘Mediocrity’ Talk: ‘Nothing Wrong With American Workers’ Paul Ingrassia / The Gateway Pundit : What Elon and Vivek Get Wrong About The H-1B Visa Debate Charlie Nash / Mediaite : Vivek Ramaswamy Hammered By Right Over Screed Declaring Americans Mediocre: 'One of the Most Offensive Things I've Read' Griffin Eckstein / Salon : “Dire shortage”: Elon Musk sparks MAGA backlash after calling for more immigrant workers Aaron Pellish / CNN : Musk and Ramaswamy defend foreign worker visas, sparking MAGA backlash Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone : Musk, Vivek Face MAGA Uproar After Saying Tech Firms Need Foreign Workers Bluesky: @alpenglowdreams : It's “tech bro billionaires who want an educated but low cost and compliant work force maga” vs “old school christofacist maga” civil war and I'm loving it...hopefully the maga infighting will limit the damage the can do to the rest of us  —  newrepublic.com/post/189694/ ... Marcello Ruffini / @marcello65 : The MAGA Wars, Part 1: Oligarchs v Racists  —  (wankers, the lot of them)  —  newrepublic.com/post/189694/ ... @pcrritesgood : Of course the MAGA billionaires like the H1B visas because it is a sort of indentured servitude and they have a ton of power of those employees.  —  If you get fired when you have skills you can find a new job, but not if you lose your visa. Anil Dash / @anildash.com : Twitter today would literally not run if not for workers who are essentially H1B hostages.  [embedded post] Ryan Mac / @rmac : This is the supreme irony of the MAGA schism over H-1Bs.  Many workers who stayed at Twitter after Musk's takeover did so because their status in the US was contingent on their employment.  They kept a site running that was then used by MAGA folks to question why they were here in the first place. … Megan E. Zombi / @zombiscribe : I honestly thought that Musk taking over Twitter established how vulnerable H1B workers were.  Like I will admit total ignorance before that but we got so many articles about H1B employees being stuck and why while there was a mass exodus Joe Fabisevich / @mergesort.me : Mmm, I sure don't hate all these people learning firsthand why it was actually hard to run Twitter with every possible faction screaming at you about bias simultaneously.  [embedded post] Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Too bad these folks dislike free expression for all.  Otherwise I'd say the stripping of their Twitter verification is an anemic corporate bully action motivated by a desire to retaliate against speech Musk doesn't like. #freespeech #firstamendment www.mediaite.com/tech/elon-mu... Wajahat Ali / @wajali : Glad MAGA voters are hearing what Musk, Vivek, and the elites of the GOP think of them.  They've always looked down on Trump voters.  They mock them as stupid and ignorant behind their backs.  Now Musk is calling them “contemptible fools.”  —  Well, here's your new master, MAGA.  Enjoy. Wajahat Ali / @wajali : Words I never thought I'd write: Loomer is correct here.  [image] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : It's very easy to classify anything you don't like as “spam.”  As Elon is doing here.  But once you've started down that slope you've already admitted you recognize the need to moderate *some* content.  It's just a question of where you draw the borders. Keith Edwards / @keithedwards : The Musk/MAGA divorce was just as racist, stupid, and entertaining as I thought it would be Aaron Parnas / @aaronparnas : Many of you have left Twitter, but just a heads up, Elon Musk, Laura Loomer, and MAGA are fighting each other nonstop over there and it is HILARIOUS Andrew Weinstein / @andrewjweinstein.com : The Laura Loomer/Elon Musk battle for MAGA supremacy is the holiday gift we all deserve. Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : That one weird trick that lets you pretend that you took over Twitter to restore free speech, but regularly ban/shadowban/deboost those you don't like: just claim anything you don't like is spam.  [image] Threads: @davethewaveofficial : Elon Musk gave $250M to a movement promising mass deportation of ‘vermin’ ‘poisoning the blood of our country’, and is somehow surprised to encounter nativist sentiment in its ranks?  The genius we deserve, I suppose. Judie Balandis Burnette / @burnettejudie : Vivek & Elon are saying what every other Republican employer is about to say in 2025 - deport everyone else's employees, but not mine because I really need them. Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : People are finding out the hard way that even if you're a model minority, to MAGA you're still a minority. X: Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : So after @elonmusk took away my verification, I just received an email from X charging me for X @premium even though I can't access Premium because my blue check and subscribers have been taken away. So you ban me from the service and then charge me for it? How is that ethical? [image] @rpsagainsttrump : Steve Bannon on Elon Musk: This guy lives on government contracts and taxpayer subsidies...You're not even an American, all you are is a globalist. You would take a check from Adolph Hitler. [video] Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Just a reminder that the algorithm is trying to maximize unregretted user-seconds. If far more credible, verified subscriber accounts (not bots) mute/block your account compared to those who like your posts, your reach will decline significantly. Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : BREAKING: 🚨🚨🚨 @elonmusk has removed my blue check mark on X because I dared to question his support for H1B visas, the replacement of American tech workers by Indian immigrants, and I questioned his relationship with China. Looks like Elon Musk is going to be silencing me [image] Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @stillgray Loomer is trolling for attention. Ignore. Scott Adams / @scottadamssays : MAGA is taking a page from Democrats on how to lose elections while feeling good about themselves. Ryan Grim / @ryangrim : Musk spent the last year juicing this site's algorithm so that super edgy far-right accounts were forced into everyone's feed — and somehow now he is genuinely upset and embarrassed that they are acting like the far right people they are and making things hard for him. @canteverdie : “adrian dittmann” is elon musks alt account, throughout this he says things like “you are being racist!” and “you're just admitting this?” to these nazis i can't believe he's actually stunned he's cultivated a website and culture and audience of insane reactionary racists lol Alex Jones / @realalexjones : It is a classic American policy to brain drain the best from across the planet and bring them here. Musk has ALWAYS advocated for this policy. Everyone bitching that @elonmusk has flip flopped are either ignorant or lying. Elon to a great extent is the poster child for this Paul Farhi / @farhip : Striking thing about the Musk/Ramaswamy vs. #MAGA brouhaha: That Trump hasn't said a word either way. A no-win proposition, for sure. But still striking. Tom Blomfield / @t_blom : So has Elon basically just rugged MAGA? Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : I mean right after @elonmusk called me a troll today, my account verification was taken away, my subscriptions were deactivated and I was banned from being able to buy premium even though I was already paying for premium. Clearly retaliation. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @ScottAdamsSays The “contemptible fools” I'm referring to are those in the Republican Party who are hateful, unrepentant racists. They will absolutely be the downfall of the Republican Party if they are not removed. @canteverdie : elon musk is retaliating against everyone that went against him in the twitter space, suspending them seemingly trying to get rid of the evidence. the dude is in full on melt down mode lol [image] @jason : Intolerant lunatics hijacked both parties What we're witnessing is those individuals losing their power The woke lunatics in the Democratic Party look like idiots & the racist members of MAGA have shown their true colors DJT will expunge them This is part of the process James Ball / @jamesrbuk : It's amazing the amount of stuff that “does not violate” the rules here...except when it happens to Elon when he's cheesed off. @esjesjesj : He's completely unhinged and personally suspending people who post fake tweets from him, something that happens thousands of times a day [image] Daniel / @growing_daniel : The weird thing about the h1b debate is nobody in tech seems bothered by it. It's all outsiders supposedly trying to protect the value of labor that doesn't want to be protected Will Chamberlain / @willchamberlain : Imagine speaking this way about the guy who spent 44 billion on a platform, restored your account, and allowed you to gain a million followers Oh, and the same guy who put the biggest fortune in the world on the line to elect the guy you support Whatever you think about [image] Sara Mauskopf / @sm : Ok I resisted weighing in to the H-1B visa debate but I can't help myself because the current framing IS SO DUMB and I NEED TO CORRECT THINGS. People are debating whether we should allow highly skilled workers into the U.S. or prioritize hiring American workers only. But this @aja_cortes : Elon being an immigrant himself is never going to react well to “FUCK IMMIGRANTS” His lifes ambition was to come to the USA and build, which he has more than any Man alive. he made the ultimate Skin in the game bet with the election and now he seeing people he fought for Deva Hazarika / @devahaz : Kinda crazy these tweets are less than two months apart. We'll see similar changes in tone from some people when “good” immigrants they know get deported. [image] @buccocapital : His point was that conservatives lack imagination. The older I get the more I find that to be true. Misfortune and hatred make us all kinder, and force us to question our assumptions, when they hit close to home @buccocapital : A mentor once told me: “The famous saying is that 'If you're not a liberal when you're young you have no heart. And if you're not a conservative when you're older you have no brain.' But really everyone's a conservative till someone they know gets fucked over” [image] Aaron Levie / @levie : Trump's own stated views on high skilled immigration are very pro tech [video] Dan Primack / @danprimack : It wasn't hard to predict that there would be a “tech MAGA/traditional MAGA” fissure on immigration. @imkialikethecar from July: https://www.axios.com/... Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : If a major Dem donor called the American people “retarded,” it would receive extensive coverage in progressive media about how bad and corrupt Democrats are which would fuel mainstream media coverage and it would be a huge deal. Musk does it and conservative media doesn't care. [image] Matt Bruenig / @mattbruenig : @mattyglesias I do always get a kick out of the conservative pitch to the working class: the libs think you are reactionary bigots while we merely think you are culturally degenerate and stupid Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @ScottAdamsSays Yes. And those contemptible fools must be removed from the Republican Party, root and stem. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : You know you're winning the argument when you have to alter the algo, lock accounts, and remove verification badges of the people you're debating lmao Matt Kim / @freemattkim : EVERYONE!!! don't panic. The removal of verification badges and monetization of dissenting voices to Elon was just a glitch. He's got his top 0.1% Indian engineers working on it! Noah Smith / @noahpinion : I give Elon mad props for not cucking to the anti-Indian racists 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : We aren't alienating @elonmusk. We want to have a conversation with him but he limits the convo by deleting our check marks and by calling trolls and subtards. I'd be happy to have a conversation, but he limited my account. That's a bad faith effort at conversation & debate. Alex Berenson / @alexberenson : So @LauraLoomer is a nutty fabulist. And @elonmusk doesn't have to pay her. Not sharing revenue is not censoring her. But suspending her on a pretext, even temporarily, IS. She didn't dox - the record is public. I hope Elon realizes Laura and her ilk are the price of free speech Elon Musk / @elonmusk : At risk of starting the obvious, there are many attention-seeking trolls on all social media platforms trying to yank your chain. They win if you respond. @endwokeness : We can debate and have dialogue but it would be foolish to alienate Elon in the process. Look how that turned out for the left. Steve / @stevelovesammo : Tell me again how this wasn't a psyop. They're terrified and are trying to fracture this Trump Presidency. Don't let them. [image] Scott Adams / @scottadamssays : This one is more complicated. It's coming from inside the house. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Any notion of free speech on this platform is dead as of today. Although it never really existed to begin with. You know where you have “freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach?” Prison. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Elon raised $6 billion dollars from Blackrock and other usual suspects last week and now he's on the timeline calling Americans retards, changing the algo, removing checkmarks, and locking people out of their accounts. Curious. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Look I get the game and mean no disrespect, but I have never expected the “big influencers” to move to Gab and think they should stay and fight on X for as long as they can. You are of course always welcome and have a refuge when needed! Gab is community funded by our users. I Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Let the H-1Bs pay for X premium. Americans are too “lazy, unskilled, and subtarded.” Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Printing this out and putting it in a frame on my desk as a trophy. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : Gab traffic is exploding right now. Thank you Elon, very cool. [image] Raheem / @raheemkassam : Bad faith actors with huge legacy accounts mass block/mute those of us who stand up for anything on here. The algorithm rewards tepid, unchallenging, compromise positions. Michael Seifert / @realmichaelseif : I deleted my tweet about X removing our blue check on the @officialpsq page after I was just told by insiders at X that this is a systems issue and not at all malicious. Hoping it gets resolved quickly. Andrew Torba / @basedtorba : He's declaring war on us btw. Should go over well for him as it has for everyone else who has tried. [image] @notpbd : A lot of “Right wing” people are going after Elon Musk, Vivek, and Kash Patel now. Don't do that. You look dumb. Scott Adams / @scottadamssays : The foreign workers debate on X has been great. We fight. We learn something. We correct course. Trump watches and absorbs. And we did it by entertaining ourselves and getting smarter at the same time. America's Golden Age Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal : X FOCUSING ON USER SATISFACTION—BLOCKED ACCOUNTS LOSE REACH Elon just revealed X's content strategy—if verified users block you more than they follow you, say goodbye to your reach. The platform's AI now aims to maximize “unregretted user-seconds.” Translation? Being Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : It is true. This is why my reach is low. Most people don't care about AI and innovation and others decided I am not worth listening to because of my past, or because some billionaire said that I should be shunned. Or because I post too much. The thing is I am here to learn. I Lyn Alden / @lynaldencontact : Or there could be an algorithm marketplace where users create and/or pick their own algorithms. Nostr has that. Would be cool to have it here too. Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : It's almost like a social credit score Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : Elon is creating a new algorithm to deal with the feisty jewess during Hanukkah. Who defines what “far more credible is”? China? Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze : Rewarding massive block lists seems like a mistake but like I said he mostly makes this all up as he goes. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @HansCNelson My tolerance for subtards is limited Alex Berenson / @alexberenson : No, @elonmusk doesn't have to let you make money off X, subscriptions are optional. Free speech is not. I don't even care if you libel people, that's between you and their lawyers (and 230 protects X). Free speech is what counts - Elon should let you embarrass yourself. Prof Paul Bernal / @paulbernaluk : In case anyone hasn't realised it until now, Elon Musk has never really been interested in free speech. The test of your commitment to free speech isn't whether you defend your friends' speech, but whether you support that of your enemies. Kyle Sweetser / @sweetser_kyle : Will Musk end up being the destroyer of MAGA? Harry Robinson / @harrylotuseater : ‘Free speech is when people agree with me, all else will be silenced.’ That didn't take long. @plzbepatient : @elonmusk Calling Americans retarded and untrainable and requiring importing entry level engineers from foreign countries is wanting America to lose for their own personal gain. @plzbepatient : @elonmusk @AutismCapital Ah yes calling us all retarded. Great job Elon. Trump isn't even inaugurated and the base hates you. @elijahschaffer : They are being so disingenuous w/ their framing of the H1B argument The American people were not against some H1B immigration from Western nations What we are against is mass H1B abuse flooding our nation w/ non westerners for entry level positions that drive down wages @catturd2 : I went to bed early last night and didn't find this out until this morning .... Laura Loomer has been demonetized, her subscriptions taken away, her verification and X premium removed, and was given a 12 hour suspension. She'll be able to tweet again in about 4 hours. Ashley St. Clair / @stclairashley : You can disagree with Laura Loomer. I do often. You can even (not that I would) justify demonetizing her because “advertisers don't want their content next to her” But to remove her 2500+ subscribers is insane and personal. These are people that were choosing to individually @cernovich : Multiple accounts that never posted about H-1B are having blue checks removed. Looks like something else, not some retaliation or what others suggested. Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : .@Cernovich is running cover for @elonmusk who just admitted he retaliated against conservative accounts tonight that criticized H1B visas. He said “Yes” when @MarioNawfal said “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” right after several accounts, including mine were targeted. [image] Shawn Farash / @shawn_farash : Any accounts affiliated w @ConservativeOG lost their blue check because “Conservative OG” no longer is a gold check “verified org” anymore so what happened was: “Conservative OG” affiliate badges no longer showed up on their affiliates' pages. This counts as a change to your Ashley St. Clair / @stclairashley : It was MAGA who bought 𝕏 premium en masse to keep this platform alive. Ian Miles Cheong / @stillgray : They were all affiliates of ConservativeOG. The account is apparently having issues with its gold checkmark so everyone affiliated to it lost their affiliate status and thus the blue checkmark was temporarily removed (will be reinstated). This happens when you're removed as an @bannons_warroom : “After Doing Everything In Their Power To Keep President Trump From Getting Elected The Big Tech Executives Want A Seat At The Table.” @LauraLoomer Warns Of Sinister Agenda From Tech Billionaires [video] @pastordscott : Actually, @elonmusk didn't “take away” anybody's “free speech”. He just said “I'll be damned if somebody is gonna make money off of MY platform dogging me out”. He didn't “put anyone off” of X, he just stopped PAYING them. Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski : Wow, last night the Free Speech Absolutist removed the blue checks, changed the algo to crush their engagement, and removed the ability to get subscriptions, from dozens of big MAGA accounts who criticized him including Loomer. [image] @punk9059 : Seeing Elon get rid of the blue check/payments/subs for people who openly disagree and attack him feels like the opposite of the free speech platform he says he's for. The real test of free speech is how well you deal with people who disagree w you. @dogrightgirl : Did we lose free speech on X in the last 24 hours? Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @AutismCapital That pretty much sums it up. This was eye-opening. Scott Adams / @scottadamssays : Beware the paid and pro trolls. They are out in force today. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @ScottAdamsSays Coordinated reply spammers/scammers are out in force. They are getting nuked as we speak. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @Liv_Boeree It's pointless to engage with subtards Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : Elon Musk @elonmusk wanting to quell conversation on a platform he owns that thrives off of people having nonstop conversations tells you everything you need to know. 🎯 I rest my case. Signed, Trump loving, America First attention seeking troll ❤️🇺🇸 Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Another way of putting it is that the algorithm is trying to maximize probable long-term user-seconds Elon Musk / @elonmusk : This is the right position for those who want America to win. For those who want America to lose for their own personal gain, I have no respect. Zero. Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : My 12 hour suspension is now over. For raising concerns and speaking the truth about the technocratic takeover of our country and the White House via influence peddling by billionaire crony technocrats, I have been stripped of my Premium account, blue check, & my subscriptions! [image] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : I have now also been banned from being able to purchase premium. We are always told to buy premium. But if you criticize immigration you get your premium check taken away and you also get banned from being able to buy Premium. Pure censorship. MAGA has been silenced. [image] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : How are we having an open debate when people who called out H1B (including me) just had their verifications taken away by X? This is censorship @VivekGRamaswamy Not open debate. @elonmusk has taken away my verified account and canceled all of my subscriptions. “Open debate” [image] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : After putting me on a 12 hr suspension, removing my blue check mark & banning my subscriptions, @x is now classifying replies from my followers as “spam”. Big tech thinks you're spam if you agree with me on H1B visas & Silicon Valley influence peddling. Why, ⁦@elonmusk⁩? [image] @johnmccloy : Here is @LauraLoomer on Bannon this afternoon saying she is concerned that Democrats may use the perception to create a narrative that big tech is buying influence & enriching themselves. “ I just want to be able to have an open dialogue” [video] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : .@VivekGRamaswamy The technocratic state is more dangerous than the administrative state. Your silence on the censorship of those who wanted to put a limit on the power of big tech is deafening. DOGE can't be allowed to be utilized as a vanity project to enrich Silicon Valley. Gavin Mario Wax / @gavinwax : Waiting for the Tech Bros to fight for a new law that makes the H1B postings private. They will call it an “algorithm adjustment” to the legislation or something stupid. @autismcapital : So basically the right split into two factions, tech right and right right, and the tech right is like “hey we need h-1b visa people to do the jobs,” and the right right was like “no you need to hire americans,” and the tech right is like “but you guys are retarded,” and the [image] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : Very sad to see President Trump's most loyal supporters treated so badly @JDVance. You & Trump have both said we need to end H1B visas. So why is it ok for @elonmusk to ban my premium access & delete my subscriptions as an independent journalist simply because I don't want H1B? Renata / @rl9631 : This is putting President Trump in a terrible spot. @realDonaldTrump What is going on? 👇 Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : BREAKING: @elonmusk has now also taken away my character limit so I can't post longer posts. I paid for premium too. He locked my ability to have premium after taking away my blue check tonight. So much for free speech. [image] Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : To those of you getting messages saying that I deactivated my X subscriptions, that's a lie. I didn't. @elonmusk took away my premium account tonight, limited my character limit, & canceled my subscriptions because I spoke out about mass migration. It's retaliatory censorship. [image] @cb_doge : They freely criticize Elon Musk on his own platform, yet claim there's no free speech here. The irony is unreal. Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski : Petty Elon gets his revenge on MAGA critics. [image] Wint / @dril : what if everyones profile just had two buttons you could click on if you want to either see their posts or not see their posts Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : Sad to see. @elonmusk is now referring to MAGA as “contemptible fools”. DEPLORABLES LISTLESS VESSELS GARBAGE AND NOW.... CONTEMPTIBLE FOOLS The Trump base is being replaced by Big Tech executives. So sad to see this. @realDonaldTrump I feel so sad for MAGA. Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : Full censorship of my account simply because I called out H1B visas. This is anti-American behavior by tech oligarchs. What happened to free speech? Adam Kinzinger / @adamkinzinger : So @elonmusk stripped the blue check because someone hurt his feelings? Dude lay off the ketamine, talk to a therapist, help the poor, retire, talk to your kids, and grow up. He going to keep strangling this place. If you love him great, but don't pretend he's for free speech Pekka Kallioniemi / @p_kallioniemi : Elon Musk appears to have removed the gold badge from @ConservativeOG following a disagreement about H-1B visas. As a result, their affiliated influencers have also lost verification and subscribers. Is this the ‘free speech’ Elon promised us? [image] @libsoftiktok : Why are so many accounts suddenly losing their blue checks and subscribers?? Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer : I have been more loyal to President Trump and his agenda than ANYONE. And I have only been punished for it. Pay attention MAGA. This is how you will all be treated now that Big Tech has infiltrated MAGA. “President Musk” is starting to look real. He doesn't want me to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / @repmtg : Good gracious, I came out of Christmas bliss to see arguments about American labor vs H1-B imported labor and MAGA split over this issue. Good, that means everyone is engaged in saving this country. Here is some tough reality for some of you: There are some big MAGA voices Gavin Mario Wax / @gavinwax : My verification badge is now under review. Weird! Didn't change anything. @conservativeog : All of our influencers have now lost verification status, as well as our own page. Our brand did nothing. We spoke out against HB1 visas and it appears that @elonmusk intentionally shut us down? Is this the new status quo from America's “most free” social media platform? [image] Antonio García Martínez / @antoniogm : As a meta-comment, it's fascinating to see this debate play out live, in the gladiatorial arena, with near-zero meddling from the content moderation people or the mainstream media. The national agora at internet scale is here. Everything else is a sideshow. Owen Shroyer / @owenshroyer1776 : I just lost my verification...was told my account is “under review”. Anyone know what's going on? Preston Parra / @theprestonparra : Woah, @elonmusk just stripped our entire organization of badges and verified org status. I guess this is what you get when you hand the keys over to an autistic, power-hungry, self-aggrandizing traitor to his country. Very pathetic, X sucks! [image] Raheem / @raheemkassam : This is unreal. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal : Translation: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : That said, any accounts found to be engaged in coordinated attacks to spam target accounts with mute/blocks will themselves be categorized - correctly - as spam. Live by the spam, die by the spam. Gavin Mario Wax / @gavinwax : Insane that blue checks are being removed from accounts that have been vocal in their criticism of the H1B racket. Horrible look. I've supported Elon and X. Anyone who was at the @NYYRC gala can attest that I dedicated a large portion of my speech to praising Elon. Sad! Owen Shroyer / @owenshroyer1776 : Update on the current situation with censorship on X. Yes, I said it. Censorship on X... [video] @dreamleaf5 : Elon is revoking blue checks from several prominent right wing accounts because they criticized his support for Indian tech worker immigrants. 👀 🍿🍿🍿 [image] Forums: r/AnythingGoesNews : Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes r/themayormccheese : Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes |  Donald Trump's biggest fans are at each other's throats over immigration, and H-1B visas in particular. r/FreeSpeech : Elon Musk's Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’ r/KnowledgeFight : Elon Musk's Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’

Axios 2024-12-29