00:00 X, formerly Twitter, continues to be embroiled in blunders and controversies related to Elon
00:05 Musk's running of the company.
00:07 This time, it looks like the owner may have been slowing down access to sites he doesn't
00:11 like.
00:12 The Washington Post recently reported that clicking on links leading to the New York
00:15 Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, and those leading to other competitor sites took upwards
00:20 of five seconds to access.
00:22 Meanwhile, links to others did not.
00:25 X redirects from its site using shortened URLs, which could allow the company to throttle
00:29 any link it wants to.
00:30 What's more, after being called out by the news organization in their report, the throttling
00:35 was suddenly gone.
00:36 Musk has previously taken aim at both the New York Times and Reuters in the past, calling
00:40 the former an unregistered lobbying firm for far-left politicians, and posting recently
00:45 on X that Reuters and Fax are not well acquainted.
00:49 Reuters recently exposed Musk as having put together a clandestine task force with the
00:53 explicit goal of downplaying Tesla drivers' complaints about their car's ranges.
00:57 This all coming from someone who has repeatedly called himself a quote "free speech" absolutionist.
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