00:00X, formerly Twitter, continues to be embroiled in blunders and controversies related to Elon
00:05Musk's running of the company. This time, it looks like the owner may have been slowing down
00:09access to sites he doesn't like. The Washington Post recently reported that clicking on links
00:14leading to the New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, and those leading to other competitor
00:19sites took upwards of five seconds to access. Meanwhile, links to others did not. X redirects
00:25from its site using shortened URLs, which could allow the company to throttle any link it wants
00:30to. What's more, after being called out by the news organization in their report, the throttling
00:35was suddenly gone. Musk has previously taken aim at both the New York Times and Reuters in the past,
00:41calling the former an unregistered lobbying firm for far-left politicians and posting recently on
00:46X that Reuters and facts are not well acquainted. Reuters recently exposed Musk as having put
00:51together a clandestine task force with the explicit goal of downplaying Tesla drivers' complaints
00:56about their car's ranges. This all coming from someone who has repeatedly called himself a
01:01quote, free speech absolutionist.
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