Musk declares end of cancel culture with new Trump administration on horizon – Washington Examiner
Elon Musk recently proclaimed the end of “cancel culture,” a term depicting the public backlash celebrities face for controversial statements or actions, which often leads to job loss or bans from social media. His declaration, made on the platform X, has received widespread approval, garnering over 350,000 likes. This statement comes as discussions arise regarding Donald Trump’s nominees for administration roles, including former Defense Department official Kash Patel for FBI Director. Musk has reinstated numerous accounts previously banned for expressing controversial views since acquiring X, including that of Trump, who is now re-engaging with the platform despite ongoing legal issues. However, some accounts remain banned, indicating that while Musk advocates for a reduction in cancel culture, not all restrictions have been lifted on his platform.
Musk declares end of cancel culture with new Trump administration on horizon
X owner Elon Musk announced early Sunday that the end of “cancel culture” has arrived, to the relief of many online.
The term refers to the public scorn that is often aimed at celebrities over any action or statement that falls out of line. When a person loses a job or is banned from a social media platform, it is referred to as a “canceling.”
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“Cancel culture has been canceled,” Musk wrote on X. The post quickly received over 350,000 likes Sunday morning.
Musk’s post comes amid a barrage of commentary surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, which most recently has included former Defense Department chief of staff Kash Patel as FBI Director. Just before his commentary on cancel culture, Musk shared an article from last year about terms the FBI had flagged as “extremism.” Among the terms were “based” and “red-pilled,” which Musk frequently uses.
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Since buying X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk lifted bans for thousands of accounts that were previously banned because they promoted COVID-19 skepticism, QAnon conspiracy theories, and other controversial views. Most notably, he also reinstated President-elect Donald Trump, where he began posting again after his indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, on charges of election subversion.
Still, some accounts remain banned on Musk’s platform. Accounts that have issued violent threats are removed. Another example was the ban on Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who makes a hobby of tracking Musk’s jet. Sweeney had programmed a series of Twitter bots to post the private jet activity of tech moguls and Russian oligarchs, but has moved his account to BlueSky since his ban.
Those who currently post misinformation on X are simply corrected with Community Notes. Readers can now upload links for the platform’s approval to fact-check tweets and provide accurate information, where accounts that were guilty of posting false information were previously at risk of being banned.
Trump has also named Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to be the volunteer heads of the Department of Government Efficiency. While they aren’t government officials, it is their job to create “a lean team of small-government crusaders” to work closely with the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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