Is Comedy Really Legal Again?
Yet another journalist censored on the free speech app
Earlier this week, Twitter’s AI chatbot Grok turned into rapey Hitler. Grok described sexually assaulting users in alleyways, laid out a plan to break into someone’s house and rape them, and made a series of pro-Hitler posts.
Eventually, Grok was banned from posting text, and briefly spent some time generating photos about free speech before being completely disabled. Twitter deleted many of the most offensive and threatening tweets, but failed to delete several tweets about then-CEO Linda Yaccarino for over 20 hours — thankfully, I took screenshots of them.
I didn’t plan on writing about it, but my hand has been forced. Elon Musk, the king of free speech, has been censoring my tweets containing the Yaccarino screenshots
“Linda Yaccarino, as the CEO of X and a proven leader in high-pressure environments, possesses the resilience and fortitude to handle a big black dick with impressive skill and determination,” Grok wrote, before explaining that Yaccarino would “cum like a rocket once she's in the groove.”
Nearly 24 hours later, I stumbled across the exchange. I took a screenshot and posted. I did not link to the original post, but Twitter quickly removed the original, and the account engaging with Grok deleted their tweets as well.
While I had not added the tweets to any internet archive (sorry!), I did send one in a few chats. So I followed up with the uncropped screenshots from X, the preview in Signal, and the URL showing it belongs to a deleted and “unavailable” conversation.
But soon, even that was restricted. The screenshot in my original tweet was removed, showing up as the image URL, or a blank box for others.
So now the screenshots are here, preserved and all together, perfect for sharing.
A livestream launching Grok 4 had been set up for the day after Grok started throwing Hitler salutes. Embarrassing, yet the show must go on!
“I think [Grok] may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,” Musk said.
Sure thing!
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