Elon Musk says he’s prepared to go to prison if U.S. tries to censor X

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Elon Musk claims he would happily serve time behind bars if one of the arms of the U.S. government such as the FBI were to attempt to censor content on X.

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00:00 Elon Musk says he's prepared to go to prison if the US government tries to censor X.

00:04 Over the weekend, Musk reinstated Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account.

00:08 Previously, Musk refused to grant Jones mercy on the basis that he instrumentalized the

00:12 death of children to gain viewership.

00:14 Jones had been found guilty of promoting the shooting as a false flag operation staged

00:18 by the government and was ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages.

00:22 In a Spaces discussion with Jones, Musk said, "If I think a government agency is breaking

00:27 the law and their demands on the platform, I would be prepared to go to prison personally."

00:31 And once Jones got back on X, he didn't hesitate to post his predictions that intelligence

00:35 agencies are hatching assassination plans to take out former President Donald Trump

00:39 just like they did with JFK.

00:40 The reversal comes after major advertisers like Disney and Walmart boycotted the platform

00:44 over concerns that their ads appear next to neo-Nazi posts.

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