It’s safe to say now amid all the chaos that Elon Musk has turned Twitter upside down. On Tuesday, Musk tried to clarify his plans for content moderation, a key issue for the future of the influential platform after the departure of advertisers and top executives. The CEO of Tesla also noted that he had reinstated certain banned accounts on the site.
However, he added that no decision had been made on welcoming a former Twitter user. This user was notorious for allegedly instigating a mob attack at the US Capitol to overturn the results of the 2020 election. As Twitter crumbles, Musk is now trying to delineate work at Twitter whilst many employees leave the platform.
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What Is The New Twitter Policy?
The reinstatement of accounts ousted for violating Twitter’s content moderation rules has been seen as a bellwether of where Mr. Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” wants to take the site. Musk in the same blast of tweets unveiled a new method for handling future hateful or “negative” content that seemed to seek a balancing act between unadulterated free speech and some form of policing on the site.
Finding a solution to content moderation became especially urgent after Mr. Musk’s fist major stunt to expand paid subscription service. This sparked an embarrassing spate of fake accounts that sent advertisers running. “New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,” Mr. Musk tweeted on Friday. “Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter,” he wrote.
Is Elon Musk Replicating YouTube’s Twitter Policy?
In essence, Mr. Musk seemed to be pointing to a policy similar to strategies at YouTube, the Google-owned video platform, where some provocative content is given less priority in the site’s algorithm, but is not entirely taken down. “You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from the rest of the Internet,” Mr., Musk said.
Ella Girwin, his newly installed chief of trust and safety, called Musk’s approach “a core principle for Twitter… helping us ensure we maintain a healthy platform.” To make his point, Musk then announced the reinstatement of three twitter accounts that had been banished for violating Twitter’s content moderation policies: Jordan Peterson, The Babylon Bee and Kathy Griffin. It’s only matter of days for Trump’s return.
