Elon Musk's X suspends users who post alleged name of alt-right comic creator

When Elon Musk acquired X, then-known as Twitter, he proudly proclaimed that his social media platform would be a place where freedom of speech reigned. According to Musk, only content deemed illegal by government law would be removed. All other speech – including hate speech – would be fair game to publish on X.With that being said, why are users now reporting that X is removing posts and suspending accounts who simply post the name “Hans Kristian Graebener?”A far-right webcomic creator unmaskedLast week, Anonymous Comrades Collective, an online group that describe themselves as an “antifascist journalism collective dedicated to exposing Nazis, racists and fascists” published a new report alleging to have uncovered the person behind StoneToss, a webcomic popular among the far right. SEE ALSO: Is Instagram shadowbanning LGBTQ and sex ed accounts? According to Anonymous Comrades Collective, the group was able to tie numerous old online accounts, audio livestreams, and GamerGate-era photographs to StoneToss and his alleged real-life identity as a Texas-based IT consultant named Hans Kristian Graebener.StoneToss was started in 2017 by an anonymous individual, allegedly Graebener, who clearly had far-right sympathies. However, as more comics have been published over the years, the ideologies espoused by StoneToss have included antisemitism, racism, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. One particularly infamous StoneToss comic, for example, engages in Holocaust denial.The Anonymous Comrades Collective’s report and a thread detailing it’s finding on its X account @anoncommiestan quickly went spread among political activists familiar with StoneToss and its far-right comics. Tweet may have been deleted Anonymous…Elon Musk's X suspends users who post alleged name of alt-right comic creator