Any forum is bound by the laws of the country it operates in; you cannot incite people to violence or cry fire in a movie theater.
"bound by the laws of the country that it"
How does X handle different countries' laws and free speech?
Q912 answers2022-2026
Short answer
He restored X to be balanced and centrist; the operating principle is to follow each country's laws without putting a thumb on the scale beyond them.
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He said go as far as the law allows. If employees would be arrested for not complying, Twitter must adhere to the law or exit the country.
"going as far as the law will allow us"
He says his general philosophy is to stay close to the law in each country.
"my general philosophy on that is that we should hew close to the law in any given country"
Social media companies should adhere to the laws of countries and not put a thumb on the scale beyond those laws, reflecting the values of the people rather than a niche San Francisco/Berkeley ideology.
"social media companies should adhere to the laws of countries"
Free speech as much as allowed by each country's laws. If people want different laws, pass them; Twitter should not go beyond the law.
"I'm generally a fan of that we should have a free speech as much as possible"
He says X will respond to FISA requests but will no longer rubber-stamp them.
"we will respond to FISA requests, but we're not going to rubber stamp it any like it used to be."
A platform can only adhere to the laws of each country; SpaceX/Starlink do no business in China and Tesla's China share is like other carmakers'.
"adhere to the laws of any given country"
Free speech as much as possible within the bounds of the law, not with no conditions at all.
"free speech is as as much as possible within the bounds of the law"
He said he got a letter from the EU Commission telling him not to have disinformation during the conversation, and that there are a lot of attempts to force censorship even on Americans from other countries.
"I I got a letter from the the the EU commission"
X obeys the law in each jurisdiction; if a country wants different laws it should change them, but X won't break or silently bend them.
"we're going to obey the law in each jurisdiction"
He restored X to be balanced and centrist; the operating principle is to follow each country's laws without putting a thumb on the scale beyond them.
"adhere to any country's laws but not to put our thumb on the scale beyond the laws of a country"
He said Starlink is licensed in over 165 countries and has spent five years complying with every Indian law and requirement, asking why it still has no license.
"Starlink is licensed in over 165 countries and has spent five years complying with every single law and requirement of the government of India, so why still no license? Is Ambani the real boss of India?"