. A video showing graphic violence is not in itself illegal, and the Buffalo shooter’s video will certainly be shared by police departments, government agencies, and other organizations investigating the crime. But for millions of social media users to view and share a video of a massacre for their own morbid curiosity is unconscionable, and every platform will have content policies that rightly block or heavily restrict it.
Because he has failed — at least publicly — to engage with any of the numerous content moderation researchers who study violent and extremist content, Musk has shown no nuanced understanding of the range of speech that is legal but dangerous or that there is any difference between content we should ban outright and content that we should consider limiting from being broadcast on a giant, globe-spanning distribution platform.
Now is a time for that discussion. In a moment when the national conversation is focused on this act of terrorism, Elon Musk has a chance to plant his flag in the ground: to commit to his vision of laissez-faire content moderation and accept the consequences or recognize that there are limits.Verge DealsPlease confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
So?
“Oh a racially motivated mass shooting just took place, I wonder what Elon Musk thinks about it” What a fucking joke.
The lack of tact that you need to have in order to use a racially motivated attack on POC women and use it to justify an agenda about a billionaire who literally had nothing to do about it is astonishing, Yhe Verge is quite literally making people click and exploit their deaths.
The Verge intimating Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Their evidence? He didn't say or do anything after the 1000th mass US shooting this week. What more evidence do you need!?
Cringe cope.
Yes yes
He already fleeced Buffalo and NY for nearly a billion. Usually, corporations with a presence in the community pretend to care. Hard to do when you’re tweeting about straws and paintings.
It's funny how verge think that everyone CEO in the world should say something when ever there's something happened in the world.
Amazing how many of Elon's ball washers forget he built a gigafactory in Buffalo and can't imagine that his employees were affected by this tragedy...
PlainSite Garbage clickbait, Elon has already said illegal acts should be blocked. Shooting people is clearly illegal. Stop using this tragedy to make a buck, go home and rethink your life!!
GOD IF THERE'S ONE THING I HATE IT'S DEAFENING SILENCE!!!
You guys can be insufferable sometimes.
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This article sucks Corin
On Dallas, the Verge's silence is deafening.
Since when is he required to comment about crimes?
He's too busy trying to scramble his way out of his Twitter deal.
What about Waukesha ?
It’s not his job to comment on everything. He has the right to refuse to comment on things he finds controversial
Why the fuck should he have to say something about Buffalo?
has nothing to do with elon musk
Wait, What?!? Does he have to comment on everything? He is still trying to run 3 MAJOR companies, on top of getting Twitter CEO to do his job and justify the 5%
I would people like Musk not sully the memory of these victims with his comments. Same with the lot of them. Don't want to hear from them.
Why does he need to comment on this?
Verge is becoming very annoying these days.
this is a super interesting piece of propaganda. Why would Elon be required to comment on this, and what do you gain from making it look like he doesn't care or even supports these actions? hmmmm..
Somebody call ja rule
Yours on SoCal shooting is as well, so...
The verge has confirmed itself to be a circus clown show.
Where can I find the meth you’re eating?
What does Elon have to do with this? must be a dry news day huh 🤔
What the hell does Elon have to do with this?
But he didn't tweet for the entire day.
He also stated he chose that location because of the anti-gun laws. So the bad guy chose the place because the democrats took everyone’s way to defend themselves. Put that in your pocket for election day.
Every white male (like the murderer) is attacking the verge for it's post and haven't said a fucking word about the victims or the monster that killed them. You fuckers are upset about the verge mentioning Elon but not the speech he promotes that led to 10 people being murdered.
He also didn’t comment on the attacks on people who are white by a black person. No articles about Musk not commenting on black people attacking other people of other races.
Like he gives a fuxk. Get a grip
Odd, my neighbor Bill hasn’t put out a public statement on this either
Ironic Verge complains about deafening silence then disables comments and discussion on this article they wrote.
Big part of what's wrong with society, you get criticized for your take on a given situation and you also get criticized if you don't give your take. No sane person with even a smidge of morals agrees with what that piece of shit did in Buffalo so I highly doubt Elon does either.
Is he supposed to speak about every event? He really lives in your head
Do all public figures need to say something?
What’s it got to do with Musk?
I haven't said anything about it either now that you mention it. Where is my article?
A security guard from my work also failed to chime in.
Elon is realizing the risk he took on investing in a platform people might loose interest in any day now & move on to more free & exciting things, I think he should run a free Tesla Car competition to be won, just to keep us interested nje...
What are you taking about? I don't really think it's all that appropriate for him to comment on it. Why would he, what's it got to do with him?
My cat was hit by a car last week.. refused my calls
lol wow
I mean it’s just another Tuesday in the USA.
Stick to tech and not politics Verge. Your bias is unzipped.
Were you crying over all the people that didn’t say a word over the NY subway shooting?
It would be deafening since he's not an idiot that reacts to liberal media FBI CIA talking points that point the fingers at their criminality. The only thing you're on the verge of is a 70+ IQ
I think Musk has Zero to do with it same as the black man shooting up the New York subway three weeks ago
This is a job for law enforcement, lawyers and psychologists.
Where's Disney's opinions We can't forget to hear Mickey mouse complain about this.
Because elonmusk is what to them?
i didn’t say anything about it, is my silence also deafening?
So what. Dumb stupid click bait hate bait post bouncing of aomone else's personal tragedy. The clicks and up votes worth it Verge? Feeling smug and superior yet? I'm sure that helps the families suffering right now.
Articles like this is why its even more depressing that the Legacy media has fallen as far as it has.
And that sticks in your craw because...?
You Elon fans crazy
How many people could you say the same thing about? Yet, you chose Elon Musk. What is your motivation for that choice?
The direction Verge is going, no wonder lot of senior reporters are quitting...
Probably 185 million Twitter users haven't tweeted about it.
What possible reason would Elon have to say ANYTHING about Buffalo or any other shooting?
Yea, we should all be upset. Especially when those who's exreme Leftist Idealism is trying to direct our feelings. Yawn....
This has what exactly to do with technology? Are you CNN or a technology account? Make a choice.
?..was he supposed to say something?
Yea sucka why Elon not out here burnin down buildings and beating people up with us he a racist dats why
Before you post anything try building a working PC first
Work on fixing the problem instead of kvetching
Who cares
Y’all in the comment section, Elon isn’t a Republican. Elon has common sense which you all clearly lack. And he doesn’t have to respond to everything, he’s a space,car,billionaire who has nothing to do with this.
And why would Elon have to comment on every thing? Does he sell weapons? Does he own any of the platforms the killer used? Does he own any mental hospitals that rejected the killer? Is Elon an elected official? You are a joke of a media company. And not funny at all.
Anger is a normal emotion we understand.
Oh no here we go again… the democrats and liberals over at the starting to comment on stupid things 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
who cares
Why does every article from every news source have to be about Elon musk, he’s GD trump 2.0. It’s exhausting.
bruh why tf do u need some dude with $$ to say shit for you
corintxt. Can we get some sort of replies to the comment section here?
I don’t follow the Verge but every time you guys pop up on my feed it’s some bullshit header for engagement. You guys never get the clickbait right though.
Elon, you’ve had right wing things to say, what say you about the massacre in Buffalo?
What’s this mf gotta do w it😭😭
Wtf is wrong with ?
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What can he say ? or better yet, what do you want him to say
You do realize he isn't an elected official and does not speak for others? So anyone who speaks against the woke is a target, took me a second to get this........I won't forget.
This is synthetic af
What he got to do with it
Elon is an engineer... by the impetus wouldnt Kim K have more relevance - Social Engineer // Engineer. Mental illness is a side effect of false idols championed in society with zero contribution.. Words aren't contributions in such backward times. Hemingway would be silent in '22
It's embarrassing how obvious what you're trying to do is.
Musk doesn't owe anybody anything.
...and the mass media's reaction is typical leftist/commie drivel. With all the vitrue signaling going on, the silence is comforting - at least it's authentic.
What's gonna change with him addressing it? He's not politician
The Verge’s silence on the East Africa drought is deafening. You haven’t wrote a single story on it. That must mean you don’t care that people are starving. I’d venture to say you actually want those people to die. Otherwise you’d report on it, no?
On Chicago, St. Louis and Baltimore , silence is deafening.
And this happens every weekend and you dont say anything.... because you dont have the guts.
That 18 year old wrote a 180 page document, bought equipment worth $2,500 - $3,000 and modified his rifle yet never worked a day in his life. This is highly suspicious. Who bankrolled him. Who brainwashed him into this?
Cope.
Ignore him and he'll go away
I didn’t really want him weighing in any of this in the first place
He lives in yalls heads rent free.
For fuck sake, if he had commented it would have been picked apart.
Now that trumps not in office they have to find someone else to demonize
I like visiting the verge. Please keep bullshit stories like this out of your wheelhouse. Just because he has not commented on it yet doesn't mean he is now a white supremacy supporter. Enough already
Ugh
What the fuck is this bullshit?
What? Why should Elon comment about this? Did Bezos or any other major billionaire?
The left just complain non stop.
I don’t get it? What’s he supposed to say?
Who cares? Seriously. What does his opinion or non opinion matter? It in no way shape or form does. Same thing with any other celebrity or politician or business CEO or whoever.
But you don't care about the Taiwanese people huh?
If you were a republican you would be banned for this tweet. Under Elon, there is no chance you would be banned. So there's that.
Odd that you expected elonmusk to post an unprovoked opinion on this topic. Did we hear from the current CEO of Twitter (paraga)? Did jack? How about Zuck? If you want Elon's opinion, ask for it. Don't expect it. Elon is not POTUS where you should expect to see a message.
Pathetic clickbait
Why are you surprised?
When is the world going to understand that elonmusk has no compassion or empathy for his fellow human beings? If it doesn’t involve a way to make him more money he doesn’t care!
The verge would use tragedy to push their agenda…
not really
Wait... is lack of a reply also not freedom of speech? Requirement of speech? I'm confused.... I have no idea what's going on...
Were you guys also not silent during the Waukesha Christmas Parade incident?
Elon fanboys arriving in 3… 2… oops they’re here before the countdown finished
“The free speech advocate….” - damn. such a burn 🙄
We’re talking a noticeable paucity of intestinal fortitude, here, ja?
He comments on things he cares about; my guess is he's numb to the mass shootings or maybe just does not care. He is not a political figure that has influence over me, so either way I don't care. He does not own Twitter yet either
What’s going on over there at who let this tweet be put out. It’s such a bad look
elonmusk
Elon musk is no political leader or social activist, he's a businessman. And any normal human obviously condemns this act.
Tech news is for techs. Your boss is trying so freaking hard… that’s why CNET is trash nowadays, I want tech news but instead I got politics.
what he has with it
Has time to tweet about 'owning the libs' but won't say anything about mass shootings or guns as to not upset his MAGA base elonmusk
So now every time something happens we’re going to blame Elon Musk? It’s obvious that twitter is censoring free speech depending on who is speaking. That’s what he’s against.
Thus demonstrating that, if Musk's Twitter deal goes through, little is likely to change. 'Twitter is being too restrictive!' 'Change that, and see how fast the EU jumps on Twitter for violating their laws.'
Did we also ask all the other billionaires? Like what clickbait
Oh Lol, now Elon is Jesuschrist
Please someone please… find Ja Rule!
Please make a long list of celebrities that haven’t said anything about Buffalo. Put real effort. I want to see it tomorrow 9am in my desk.
This posts screams of desperation. Trying to create controversy related to a trending story. PATHETIC.
Ok this is a reach
“Silence is deafening” has become a joke at this point
Not everyone needs an opinion on everything. But I guess he should acknowledge it
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