“Harry Potter” creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> indicated that she would not forgive the actors who starred in the film adaptations of her best-selling book series for their comments in favor of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans rights</a>.”
The 58-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">author</a> has become an outspoken critic of the radical trans agenda, specifically as it relates to women being protected in society.
Most recently, Rowling <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1778105223728255439">shared</a> her concerns about the medical transitioning of children who believed they were transgender by posting a lengthy thread on X. 
One of Rowling’s followers responded to the thread, writing, &#8220;Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology &#8230; safe in the knowledge that you will forgive them &#8230; &#8220;
Rowling <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1778124467027267804">replied</a>, &#8220;Not safe, I&#8217;m afraid. Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women&#8217;s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces.&#8221;
“Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson publicly denounced Rowling’s views after several of her tweets went viral in 2020.
Rowling also <a href="https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/">posted</a> an essay to her website in June 2020, saying in part, &#8220;I refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in seeking to erode &#8216;woman&#8217; as a political and biological class and offering cover to predators like few before it.&#8221;
Around the same time as Rowling&#8217;s comment, Watson, who played the character Hermione in the film franchise, <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaWatson/status/1270826851070619649?lang=en">posted</a> on her own social media that &#8220;Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are.&#8221;
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&#8220;I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are,&#8221; Watson added.
Radcliffe expressed similar sentiments in 2020 after the comments went viral. “Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional healthcare associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or [me],” the actor said at the time in a lengthy <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/daniel-radcliffe-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-tweets-on-gender-identity/">essay</a>.
“To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you don’t entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you.”
Radcliffe specifically voiced his support for trans youth transitioning while moderating an episode of “Sharing Spaces,” a roundtable series produced by the activist organization The Trevor Project.
“There are some people in the world who are not trying to engage with this conversation in any kind of good faith. I think a lot of the time it’s just ’cause people don’t know a young trans person,” Radcliffe said, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-actor-daniel-radcliffe-insists-trans-youth-can-tell-us-who-they-are">reported</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rihanna">Rihanna</a> is facing a mountain of backlash following the debut of her cover photo on Interview magazine, which features the singer dressed as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism">nun</a> and posing in a provocative manner.
The image in question features the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Grammy Award</a>&#8211;winning singer wearing a nun’s habit, an unbuttoned white shirt, bright blue eyeshadow, and red lipstick. Small cross tattoos can be seen on Rihanna’s face and neck. The title of the <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/rihanna-is-ready-to-confess">interview</a> is &#8220;Rihanna Is Ready to Confess.&#8221; 
The backlash online included many commenters pointing out how often Christianity is mocked compared to other religions. 
“Rihanna mocks Catholics. She’d never try this with Islam,” conservative commentator Chad Prather <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchChad/status/1777817839862178160">wrote</a> on X. “Teach your children not to admire, follow, or listen to morons like this.”
“Should Interview Magazine and Rihanna try a similar photoshoot with a hijab?” another commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1777969302815035732">wondered</a>.
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Should Interview Magazine and Rihanna try a similar photoshoot with a hijab?<a href="https://t.co/9BIIQrzRlN">pic.twitter.com/9BIIQrzRlN</a>
&mdash; Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1777969302815035732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“That’s so brave Rihanna, now do Islam,” a third person <a href="https://twitter.com/1Fubar/status/1777972046179566034">added</a>.
The singer references God several times throughout the interview but doesn’t mention her faith or religion specifically. When asked how many kids she wants, Rihanna responds, “As many as God wants me to have.” The interviewer asks if that means more than two. She says, “I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”
This isn&#8217;t the first time the singer has received backlash for using Catholic imagery. The singer wore a bustier dress, coat, and bishop&#8217;s hat to the &#8220;Heavenly Bodies&#8221; themed Met Gala in 2018.
Some X users also pointed out how Rihanna apologized for offending Muslims in the past but has never done the same for Christians.
In 2020, she thanked Muslim fans for “pointing out a huge oversight that was unintentionally offensive in our Savage X Fenty show.&#8221; Rihanna had included a song that featured an Islamic verse, known as a Hadith, in her fashion show.
&#8220;I would more importantly like to apologize to you for this honest, yet careless mistake. We understand that we have hurt many of our Muslim sisters and brothers, and I&#8217;m incredibly disheartened by this!&#8221; she said at the time. &#8220;I do not play with any kind of disrespect toward God or any religion and therefore the use of this song in our project was completely irresponsible!” she wrote at the time on Instagram stories, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/10/07/rihanna-apologizes-muslims-unintentionally-offensive-song/5907117002/">USA Today</a>.

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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is widely viewed as controversial because he seems to use the judicial system to impose his will on others, is targeting X owner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> and employees at the company for refusing to restrict accounts on the platform that engage in what he alleges is the dissemination of fake news.
De Moraes is so controversial that even The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/world/americas/brazil-alexandre-de-moraes.html">notes</a> that he uses &#8220;a broad interpretation of the court’s powers&#8221; to &#8220;investigate and prosecute, as well as to silence on social media, anyone he deems a menace to Brazil’s institutions.&#8221;
The Times noted that he has jailed people for social media posts, suspended an elected governor from his job, &#8220;ordered raids on businessmen with little evidence of wrongdoing,&#8221; and has &#8220;unilaterally blocked dozens of accounts and thousands of posts on social media, with virtually no transparency or room for appeal.&#8221;
In addition to investigating Musk and X for content allowed on the platform, de Moraes has now opened a separate probe into Musk for what he claims is a “disinformation campaign” against Brazil&#8217;s court system.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes claimed.
Musk said that de Moraes &#8220;demanded that X suspend accounts of people who raised corruption concerns while insisting that X pretend the suspension was for violating our terms of service!&#8221;
&#8220;We obey the laws of countries even if we disagree with them, but this required violating the laws of Brazil,&#8221; he added.
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Musk said that de Moraes was one of the justices who &#8220;pulled [Current Brazilian President Luiz Inácio] Lula [da Silva] out of prison and put his thumb on the scale to get Lula elected,&#8221; and added that &#8220;Lula will obviously not take action against him. The next election will be key.&#8221;
Brazilian politician Nikolas Ferreira asked Musk to give the people more information about his allegations that de Moraes &#8220;put his thumb on the scale to get Lula elected.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;They have been told they will be arrested.&#8221;
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They have been told they will be arrested
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This past weekend Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to block a number of popular accounts. Almost immediately after, Elon Musk said that free speech principles matter more than profits. And he announced plans to defy the court&#8217;s order and lift all speech restrictions in the country once his employees are in a “safe place” where they are not at risk of being arrested. Musk says he expects he will ultimately be forced to shut down X’s office in Brazil and will lose all revenue there.
On April 7, shortly after Musk’s announcement, de Moraes issued a <a href="https://www.migalhas.com.br/quentes/404983/moraes-inclui-elon-musk-no-inquerito-das-milicias-digitais">decision</a> adding Musk to a broader investigation. In this new inquiry, the judge accused Musk of obstruction of justice and incitement to crime. “The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian Justice, incitement to crime, public threat of disobedience to court orders and future lack of cooperation by the platform are facts that disrespect Brazil&#8217;s sovereignty and reinforce the connection of the intentional criminal instrumentalization of the activities of the former Twitter,” he wrote. Many now expect the Brazilian Supreme Court to shut off access to X at any moment.
Nor is X the only American social media company being targeted by president Lula da Silva’s government. Facebook, Google, and others have faced investigations for what the same court called “abusive practices.” Though it appears those platforms have complied with speech restrictions to some degree, Musk is the only big tech executive to have engaged in a public fight with the court.
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Brazil’s government has leaned heavily on lawfare in its attempt to squeeze American social media platforms into compliance. Before presiding over Musk&#8217;s case, de Moraes ordered investigations into big tech executives at other companies after they lobbied against a proposal to regulate Brazil’s internet. If passed, the Law on Freedom, Responsibility, and Transparency on the Internet, colloquially known as the “Fake News Bill,” will levy large fines against the tech companies if they fail to identify and report illegal content.
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Due to such legislation, the definition of illegal speech in Brazil has been rapidly expanding to potentially include anything labeled “misinformation” by the government. Independent journalist Michael Shellenberger, who is in Brazil and broke parts of this story, said it’s not an exaggeration to say that Brazil is “on the brink of dictatorship.” He <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1776776372351836642/video/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lambasted</a> a number of big tech companies for giving in to the demands of Brazilian authorities, saying, “I know censorship when I see it.”
“The Twitter files revealed also that Google, Facebook, Uber, WhatsApp and Instagram betrayed the people of Brazil,” Shellenberger said. “If this evidence is proven and admitted to, the executives of those companies behaved like cowards. They provided the Brazilian government with personal registration data and telephone numbers without a court order. Therefore, they violated the Brazilian laws.”
Musk has said he plans to publish on X everything the Brazilian judge has ordered, and these posts will explain how the court’s demands violate Brazilian law. “This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached,” Musk posted.
But Musk may face opposition not only from the Brazilian government, but also from the U.S. State Department, who some former officials are accusing of helping to engineer Brazil’s censorship efforts.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Policy Mike Benz said the CIA and other U.S. foreign policy divisions fear rising populism in countries like Brazil. <a href="https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1776826555328549308" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Benz</a>, these State Department divisions and associated NGO’s helped President Lula da Silva secure power over his populist rival Jair Bolsonaro by funding censorship groups to suppress so-called election “misinformation.”
“When I was looking into what was behind censorship in Brazil, it turned out what was driving it appeared to be a gaggle of US State Department funded NGOs,” Benz said in a video posted to X. “National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and the National Endowment for Democracy [were] funding a bunch of domestic censorship groups in Brazil. This actually goes right back to the beginning of Bolsonaro his tenure in 2019.”
Benz added that the State Department doesn’t want to see Brazilian citizens openly criticizing their country’s government on social media any more than Da Silva does.
On April 7, after Musk promised to publish all records pertaining to Brazil’s crackdown on X, Brazil&#8217;s Attorney General Jorge Messias called for &#8220;urgent regulation&#8221; of all social media networks, saying, &#8220;We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks&#8230;”

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A joke <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">tweet</a> about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> has gone viral as many users on the social media platform believed – and hoped – it was real.
User Soren Iverson issued clarification for his original post after it went viral over the weekend, racking up close to 25 million views by Monday.
“Netflix ‘skip the foreplay’ feature removes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sex">naughty scenes</a> to make family movie night less awkward,” Iverson wrote in the original post caption. He included a fake image of the Netflix menu screen showing the “skip the foreplay” menu option associated with the popular period drama series, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Bridgerton</a>.” 
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Netflix &quot;skip the foreplay&quot; feature removes naughty scenes to make family movie night less awkward <a href="https://t.co/NV6Aaj1OSI">pic.twitter.com/NV6Aaj1OSI</a>
&mdash; Soren Iverson (@soren_iverson) <a href="https://twitter.com/soren_iverson/status/1776988165288681652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Make family movie night less awkward by deleting naughty scenes from this show,” the faux menu option says, with selection buttons indicating “No, it’s fine” or “Please do.” 
“Well this blew up,” Iverson wrote in a follow-up after the tweet started gaining traction. “I make unhinged stuff like this daily so if you lol’d at this (or breathed through the nose a lil at least), then pls DEMOLISH that follow button.”
Many commenters believed the feature was real, while others observed that “skip the foreplay” didn’t make much sense because that would technically mean going straight to graphic sex scenes.
“I would pay for this feature. No kidding,” one person <a href="https://twitter.com/TurbatoThonnas/status/1776989119593304372">replied</a>.
“That’s actually an amazing idea,” a second person <a href="https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1777014880262144397">agreed</a>.
Another tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/barelyyalex/status/1777091417653072173">said</a>,  “You guys are so weak. Watching a surprise sex scene with your entire family builds character.”
“Is this real? I wholly reject this concept. If they’re not mature enough to watch, then they’re not mature enough to watch. This also plays into the whole ‘sex scenes are unnecessary’ griping that is going to become poisonous to art. Just pick something else for family night lol,” a third X user shared.
Several X users made jokes, with one person <a href="https://twitter.com/NatiTTV/status/1777036213485981922">observing</a> how the racy HBO drama “Game of Thrones” would have “2 minutes of episode time.” 
“Need this option on flights! Was just trying to watch ‘Oppenheimer’ in my aisle seat and suddenly it looks like I just fired up a porn on a flight,” yet another commenter wrote, referring to the graphic sex scene in the Oscar Award winning film.

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During a Saturday press conference, Dawn Staley, head coach of the South Carolina women&#8217;s basketball team, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/coach-of-top-womens-college-basketball-team-says-men-should-play-against-females-if-you-consider-yourself-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that male trans-identifying players should be allowed to compete against women so long as the athletes &#8220;consider&#8221; themselves to be women.
After the Gamecocks’ recent Final Four victory, Staley was asked by a reporter about trans participation in women’s sports. She initially stated that “if you’re a woman, you should play” and that “if you consider yourself a woman … you should be able to play.”
When asked for further clarification on if she meant trans-identifying males, Staley doubled down. “Yes. Yes,” she said, adding that she knew her answer would elicit a “barnstorm of people” on her timeline.
Following the presser, numerous people, including several prominent pundits and activists, took to X to remark on Staley’s comments. Among them was popular conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly.
&#8220;Great question. Horrific answer,&#8221; Kelly wrote on X. &#8220;And this coach makes her dereliction twd the fairness &amp; safety of women all about HER. Oh boo hoo she’ll get criticized. Yeah, we get upset when girls/women are endangered by social justice warriors who are SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM.&#8221;
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Great question. Horrific answer. And this coach makes her dereliction twd the fairness &amp; safety of women all about HER. Oh boo hoo she’ll get criticized. Yeah, we get upset when girls/women are endangered by social justice warriors who are SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM. <a href="https://t.co/00VS9F0tnS">https://t.co/00VS9F0tnS</a>
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1776684247136252408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Outkick&#8217;s Clay Travis also blasted Staley&#8217;s comments.
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The number of women actively supporting the erasure of women’s athletics is staggering. But it’s a time for choosing, you either believe biology is real and men are bigger, stronger and faster than women or you believe in far left wing politics. There is no middle ground.
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1776643707602673818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Former collegiate swimmer-turned-women&#8217;s sports activist Riley Gaines also responded to Staley&#8217;s comments. Gaines, who has been outspoken about the dangers and inherent unfairness of biological males participating in females&#8217; sports, posted the video of the interview and cited The Daily Wire-produced 2023 comedy film &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>.&#8221;
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Lady ballers assemble! <a href="https://t.co/EP0bxt4rv6">https://t.co/EP0bxt4rv6</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1776677402187587764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Gaines made a cameo appearance in the film, which lampoons men competing in women&#8217;s sports, specifically men competing against women in basketball, and features several Daily Wire personalities, including Crain &amp; Co. co-host David Cone, who likewise replied to Staley&#8217;s remarks.
Cone simply said, “Failure.”
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Failure <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveWomensSports</a> <a href="https://t.co/mv3t1wNj1R">pic.twitter.com/mv3t1wNj1R</a>
— David Cone (@davidadamcone) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidadamcone/status/1776675140098494576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Congressional candidate Adam Morgan said that American tax dollars shouldn’t support “programs pushing these embarrassing ideologies.”
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Our <a href="https://twitter.com/UofSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UofSC</a> Women’s Basketball Coach <a href="https://twitter.com/dawnstaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dawnstaley</a> says biological males should be allowed to play in women’s sports.
Our tax dollars shouldn’t fund people and programs pushing these embarrassing ideologies that contradict SC values. <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClayTravis</a> 👇🏻 <a href="https://t.co/rO1yjgCR92">pic.twitter.com/rO1yjgCR92</a>
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamMorgan/status/1776665723277856932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Political commentator Robby Starbuck said Staley “deserves every bit of criticism.”
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South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach Dawn Staley says she supports men playing against women if they identify as a woman. Willing to bet some of the girls on her team disagree. She deserves every bit of criticism she’s about to get for this lunacy. 
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— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1776647033664737399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
As of publication, Staley&#8217;s comments were trending in the &#8220;sports&#8221; section of X.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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Elon Musk plans to file a free speech lawsuit against the Australian government after it demanded that X remove a post critical of a radical transgender-identifying activist it claimed violated the government’s eSafety policies. 
Musk’s plan comes after the Australian government’s eSafety Commissioner, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-uncovers-wefs-sinister-threat-to-free-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julie Inman-Grant,</a> told Chris Elston, a Canadian opponent of gender ideology known by the name Billboard Chris, to take down a post that was critical of Australian activist Teddy Cook. Additionally, Australia threatened X with an $800,000 AUD fine if the post was not removed. Cook is a <a href="https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/pronouns-trans-advocacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leftist</a> activist who was recently appointed as an expert on a World Health Organization panel. 
“Earlier this week, X was ordered by the Australian E-Safety Commissioner, subject to an approximately $800,000 AUD fine, to remove a user&#8217;s post,” X’s Global Government Affairs Team said. “The post had criticized an individual appointed by the World Health Organization to serve as an expert on transgender issues.”
“X is withholding the post in Australia in compliance with the order but intends to file a legal challenge to the order to protect its user&#8217;s right to free speech,” X said. 
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Earlier this week, X was ordered by the Australian E-Safety Commissioner, subject to an approximately $800,000 AUD fine, to remove a user&#39;s post. The post had criticized an individual appointed by the World Health Organization to serve as an expert on transgender issues. 
X is…
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Musk’s battle with Australia comes just over a year after Daily Wire host Michael Knowles warned about the threats to free speech that Commissioner Grant might pose beyond Australia’s borders because of her ideological beliefs and ties to the World Economic Forum. 
In January 2023, Knowles revealed in a lengthy X thread that Grant, who previously suggested a “recalibration” of free speech, had listed hate speech, “dehumanization,” and “individual identity attacks” as “online harms” on the government&#8217;s official eSafety website. Grant also has been part of the World Economic Forum’s “Global Coalition for Digital Safety.”
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In this case, I do in fact hate to say I told ya so…
cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillboardChris</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://t.co/y8w6jtsN35">https://t.co/y8w6jtsN35</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1773189056836280770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Last month, the eSafety Commission <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13258303/Elon-Musk-Australian-government-eSafety-Commissioner.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took action</a> after Elston commented and shared an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119521/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from The Daily Mail that said Cook had a social media page filled with public nudity, bondage parties, trans orgies, and even a photo of a person appearing to have sex with a dog. 
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After sharing the article, Elston was sent a letter from the Australia eSafety Commission telling him to remove the post.  
“An ordinary reasonable person in the position of the Complainant would regard the Material as being offensive,” the letter said. “&#8217;This is because the Material singles out the Complainant to personify the poster&#8217;s contempt for transgender identity as well as equating transgender identity with a psychiatric condition.”
Elston refused to take the post down, saying he was not guilty of what the Australian government accused him of, and announced on Wednesday that he had <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1775600390681264403" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealed</a> the takedown order. 
X has blocked the post in Australia while it pursues legal action against the country.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk voiced his confusion over political partisanship in a post shared via his X platform, saying that while he believed himself to be more of a centrist, his critics seemed certain that he was &#8220;right-wing.&#8221;
Musk was inspired by another post from Sophie (@netcapgirl) that read, &#8220;Going back in time to try to explain how crazy it is that we have a guy who makes electric cars and rocket ships and brain computer interfaces yet a bunch of people hate him because they don&#8217;t like his politics or whatever &amp; having them show me a cave drawing of the astronaut meme.&#8221;
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going back in time to try to explain how crazy it is that we have a guy who makes electric cars and rocket ships and brain computer interfaces yet a bunch of people hate him because they dont like his politics or whatever &amp; having them show me a cave drawing of the astronaut meme
&mdash; sophie (@netcapgirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/netcapgirl/status/1770801920204014060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk replied with a list of things that he believed were important to support in society, explaining that what he saw was a &#8220;battle to the death&#8221; between the rational and &#8220;the anti-civilizational woke mind virus.&#8221;
&#8220;My positions are centrist,&#8221; Musk explained, adding, &#8220;Secure borders; safe &amp; clean cities; don&#8217;t bankrupt America with spending; racism against any race is wrong; no sterilization below age of consent. Is this right-wing?&#8221;
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And, although it shouldn’t need to said, I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech
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Musk replied to his own post with an addendum a short time later, saying &#8220;And, although it shouldn&#8217;t need to be said, I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech.&#8221;
An X account tied to the Rasmussen Reports polling site responded to Musk&#8217;s assessment with recent data showing that a majority of Americans agreed with him.
&#8220;Luckily, most of America still does, too. 74% say protecting freedom of speech is more important. 16% say protecting people from offensive speech is more important,&#8221; the post read.
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Luckily, most of America still does, too.
74% say protecting freedom of speech is more important.
16% say protecting people from offensive speech is more important.
&mdash; Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1770820285907828964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk debated the issue with ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon, emphasizing his belief in free speech and accusing Lemon of wanting censorship so badly he could &#8220;taste it.&#8221;
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&#8220;We don&#8217;t agree on this,&#8221; Lemon said, and Musk agreed.
&#8220;You want censorship and I don&#8217;t,&#8221; he replied.
Lemon attempted to push back, claiming that what he wanted was not censorship but &#8220;responsibility&#8221; — but Musk disagreed.
&#8220;You desperately want censorship. You want censorship so badly you can taste it,&#8221; Musk continued.
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‘Is This Right Wing?’: Elon Musk Lays Out His Personal Beliefs, Says His Position Is ‘Centrist’

'Is This Right Wing?': Elon Musk Lays Out His Personal Beliefs, Says His Position Is 'Centrist'

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Ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon had a tentative deal to host a new show on Elon Musk&#8217;s X platform — but according to a recent report, the whole thing might have fallen apart over Lemon&#8217;s &#8220;diva demands.&#8221;
The New York Post reported that, among other things, Lemon had <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/media/don-lemon-demanded-tesla-cybertruck-5m-advance-equity-in-x-before-elon-musk-canned-him-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded some control</a> over other news content that might make its way onto the platform — and had aspirations of hosting the &#8220;first podcast in space.&#8221;
The alleged list of demands, according to The Post, included &#8220;a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content.&#8221;
Lemon also reportedly wanted to helm the &#8220;<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/media/don-lemon-wanted-seat-aboard-elon-musks-rocket-to-do-first-podcast-in-space-sources/?_gl=1*1scr8yc*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcxMTAzOTc3NS40Ny4wLjE3MTEwMzk3ODIuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.127897869.1676480561.1711035583-1931908156.1667952896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first podcast in space</a>,&#8221; suggesting that Musk use SpaceX to make that happen.
Lemon had also set up an interview with Musk — which was initially set to air as his debut episode — and had reportedly attached another list of demands to their planned meeting in Las Vegas. Among those were a suite, drinks, and massages for Lemon and his fiancé — and a private jet flight on X&#8217;s dime.
Despite knowing about the demands at the time of their interview, Musk agreed to do it anyway — but cut ties with Lemon afterward, calling him &#8220;underwhelming.&#8221;
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In the days since, Lemon has blown off claims that he had asked for such things – but he didn&#8217;t deny them outright.
&#8220;That is nonsense. People negotiate all the time, but that’s, come on,&#8221; Lemon told <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/it-wasnt-a-gotcha-interview-don-lemon-on-elon-musk-and-the-shocking-meltdown-of-his-deal-with-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite&#8217;s</a> Aidan McLaughlin. &#8220;It’s obviously a deflection. Because it has nothing to do with the interview, and I’m not going to fall into that. I don’t read the New York Post, but I do love their horoscopes. It’s great. I’m a Pisces, by the way, so you can read my horoscope to know what’s going on in my life.&#8221;
A number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-explains-how-dei-hurts-medicine-several-times-don-lemon-still-doesnt-get-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clips of the interview</a> have since been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-issues-statement-after-don-lemon-claims-their-partnership-for-his-new-show-was-canceled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> and gone viral.

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Don Lemon’s X Deal May Have Evaporated Over His ‘Diva Demands’: Report

Don Lemon's X Deal May Have Evaporated Over His 'Diva Demands': Report

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X owner Elon Musk refuted former CNN host Don Lemon during an interview that aired this week after Lemon claimed that illegal aliens did not impact elections in the U.S.
The interview aired on Lemon&#8217;s new show &#8220;The Don Lemon Show,&#8221; which has struggled to gain any traction, many of his videos on YouTube only gaining a few thousand views.
Musk noted that illegal aliens have a &#8220;very strong bias toward Democrat&#8221; and he believes that Democrats are intentionally allowing illegal immigration to help their electoral power.
&#8220;When the census is done, the census is based on all people in an area, whether they are citizens or not,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;So if there are a concentration of people who came here illegally in a particular state that state will actually then get an increased number of House seats. So the House seat apportionment is proportional to number of people, not the number of citizens. So the illegals overwhelmingly go to places like California, New York.&#8221;
&#8220;And if you just look at that the math, if you look at the apportionment, with or without illegals &#8230; I believe the blue states, there would be a net loss of blue states of approximately 20 seats in the House,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This also applies to the the Electoral College. This also applies to electing the president. Because the same, the electoral votes are also done by apportionment the same way that House seats are done.&#8221;
Lemon claimed that Musk did not know what he was talking about and, in fact, that reality was &#8220;the exact opposite&#8221; of what Musk said.
&#8220;If as is the case, a disproportionate number of illegal immigrants go to blue states, they amplify the effect of a blue state vote,&#8221; Musk explained. &#8220;And the math as I understand it, you can research this obviously, very easily. It&#8217;s pretty straightforward to research this. But my understanding is that the Democrats would lose approximately 20 seats in the House if illegals were not counted in the census, and that&#8217;s also 20 Less electoral votes for president. So illegals absolutely do affect the who controls the House and who controls the presidency. It does not affect the Senate.&#8221;
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LEMON: &quot;You claim that Democrats and Biden are opening the border to gain more votes, but undocumented immigrants cannot vote in Federal Elections, so how is that possible?&quot;
MUSK: &quot;If you look… <a href="https://t.co/LmCEreXZQw">pic.twitter.com/LmCEreXZQw</a>
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Teens and kids are not the only ones glued to their social media feeds anymore — the vast majority of adults spend time scrolling too.
Data released earlier this year shows that a majority of American adults use some kind of social media, but their habits and preferred platforms are different from younger users.
YouTube and Facebook are both about two decades old now, but they remain the top two platforms among adults.
YouTube is by far the most widely used platform among adults as well as teens. About eight in 10 American adults, 83%, say they have used the video-sharing platform at some point, according to recent <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/01/31/americans-social-media-use/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Pew Research Center, which polled more than 5,700 adults between May and September last year.
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Facebook is not far behind with a majority of U.S. adults, 68%, saying they use it. By contrast, teens have fled Facebook over the past decade as their parents, relatives, teachers, and other adults have joined. In 2022, only 32% of teens <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/08/10/teens-social-media-and-technology-2022/#The-social-media-landscape-has-shifted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they had ever used Facebook, down from 71% in 2015.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has attracted about half of adults with 47% saying they use the image-based platform.
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About a fifth of adults say they use Twitter, which was recently renamed X and is known for fast-moving discourse especially relating to politics and pop culture. A fifth also say they use Reddit, known for its hyper-specific communities and sometimes NSFW content.
Of course, TikTok has exploded in popularity in recent years, especially among teens and kids, but a third of adults have flocked to the video-sharing platform as well.
TikTok has seen a 12-point spike in adult users since 2021, while the percentages of adults who use YouTube and Facebook, the most popular platforms, have stayed about the same since 2021.
However, about half of TikTok&#8217;s adult users are observers only, meaning they have never posted a video themselves. This includes younger adults aged 18 to 34 — only half have ever posted a video.
Because of this, the vast majority of TikTok&#8217;s content is created by a small share of users. The top 25% of adults on TikTok produce 98% of that group&#8217;s publicly available videos.
The typical adult TikTok user has also left their &#8220;bio&#8221; blank on their account.
More people are now getting their news from TikTok too. Last year, about 14% of adults said they got news regularly from TikTok, more than four times the 3% who said so in 2020.
TikTok&#8217;s pivot to a news source echoes Twitter&#8217;s evolution, which has become many people&#8217;s go-to source for up-to-the-minute news updates.
Communities geared towards adult users, such as parenting content and even X-rated content, have popped up on many of the platforms popular with adults.
Meanwhile among teens, YouTube is the most popular platform with 95% of teens <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/08/10/teens-social-media-and-technology-2022/#The-social-media-landscape-has-shifted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> in 2022 that they use it, followed by TikTok with 67% of teens, Instagram with 62%, and then Snapchat, an app used to send disappearing photos and messages, with 59%.
Teen girls are more likely to use Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, while teen boys are more likely to use Reddit and Twitch, a self-streaming platform often used by video gamers.
The average social media user is also not just on one platform but uses an eye-popping six or seven platforms every month.
Overall, we&#8217;re all scrolling more. Across the globe last year, about 4.9 billion people <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/social-media-statistics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> social media, and that number continues to climb.

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Best-selling “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Harry Potter</a>” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">JK Rowling</a> refused to apologize or change her wording after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a> activist called the police for the “hate crime” of referring to the individual as a man.
India Willoughby, a man who identifies as a woman, explained the situation during an <a href="https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1765484416275472570">interview</a> with Byline News. 
“She knows I’m a woman and she calls me a man,” Willoughby complained. “It’s a protected characteristic and that is a breach of both the Equalities Act and the Gender Recognition Act,” the activist continued, referring to United Kingdom standards.
A Community Note was added on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> under the interview clip, stating that it is not a crime to refer to a trans-identifying person by their sex, as such speech is recognized as a belief and protected under the Equality Act.
“I’ve been to the police and I’ve reported it as an issue,” the former “Big Brother” contestant continued. “I don’t know if that’s going to be treated as a hate crime or malicious communications, but it’s a cut-and-dried offense as far as I’m concerned, and at the end of the day it is a hate crime.”
“Calling a trans person a man, deliberately, knowing that person is a woman… is grossly offensive,” Willoughby insisted.
Rowling clapped back with a series of tweets. 
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Surprisingly for such an eminent legal authority, he appears to have forgotten that the Forstater ruling established that gender critical views can be protected in law as a philosophical belief. No law compels anyone to pretend to believe that India is a woman. 4/5
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1765518705859977328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Some time ago, lawyers advised me that not only did I have a clearly winnable case against India Willoughby for defamation, but that India&#8217;s obsessive targeting of me over the past few years may meet the legal threshold for harassment,” she shared with her 14 million followers.
“I ignored this advice because I couldn&#8217;t be bothered giving India the publicity he so clearly craves. Nevertheless, we must all do our bit to combat hate, so India will be glad to know I&#8217;ve taken note of his homophobia, racism, and humane stance on immigration,” Rowling added in the thread.
“Nor have I forgotten India&#8217;s shocking transphobia. It appears to have slipped what passes for India&#8217;s mind that he&#8217;s previously called a fellow trans woman a man on this very site,” she wrote, sharing a series of screenshots to prove her point. 
“Surprisingly for such an eminent legal authority, he appears to have forgotten that the Forstater ruling established that gender critical views can be protected in law as a philosophical belief. No law compels anyone to pretend to believe that India is a woman,” Rowling wrote.
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“Aware as I am that it&#8217;s an offence to lie to law enforcement, I&#8217;ll simply have to explain to the police that, in my view, India is a classic example of the male narcissist who lives in a state of perpetual rage that he can&#8217;t compel women to take him at his own valuation.”
Rowling has become a vocal dissenter of radical transgender activism ever since being attacked for tweets she wrote in 2020 mocking the phrase “people who menstruate.” Critics have dubbed her a TERF, or trans-exclusive radical feminist, due to her having leftist views but refusing to go along with the narrative that a trans-identifying man is a woman.

Trans Activist Calls Cops On JK Rowling For ‘Hate Crime’ Of Calling Him A Man

Trans Activist Calls Cops On JK Rowling For 'Hate Crime' Of Calling Him A Man

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