If Elon Musk wants to defend free speech, how about Iran and China (washingtonpost.com)

Do Iran and China have First Amendment rights to Free Speech? Headline reeks of whataboutism

Well, if if people in those regimes can proxy out of firewalls and use twitter, hopefully they find it more free than before.

This article asks important questions about Musk's "freedom of speech within the bounds of the law" line. He should make clear that this refers to first amendment jurisprudence and not to foreign censorship demands. If another government doesn't like something on twitter, they can always build their own little great firewall — something which most governments have neither the will nor the technical ability to do. And if they do, there's always starlink[1]:

[1]: https://time.com/6223999/starlink-iran-elon-musk/