Indeed, no one was ever arbitrarily banned, silenced, censored, locked, or shadowbanned under the old regime, who were themselves not billionaires but in fact improverished migrant workers.
Immaterial. Musk rode in on a Freedom of Speech horse, and therefore we can legitimately accuse him of hypocrisy in issues like this. Much like Trump campaigning on Hilary's use of private servers, and then doing the same or worse, this behavior raises hackles.