'Free speech absolutist' Musk dines with Saudi Arabia, which persecutes X users

'Free speech absolutist' Musk dines with Saudi Arabia, which persecutes X users

When he took over Twitter, Elon Musk promised to unleash its animal spirits and roll back censorship. He has called himself a “free speech absolutist”.That designation has come under serious scrutiny since, with the billionaire accused of tilting the platform in all sorts of ways to suit his own ends.He is an especially fraught situation today, though, as a guest of Saudi Arabia.Musk and other titans of US industry were treated to a lunch with M…