Don’t underestimate Twitter’s potential to do damage. The nation’s top civil rights organizations certainly aren’t. (via The ReidOut Blog)
“Misinformation, disinformation, hateful rhetoric, online harassment and other results of an almost entirely unregulated tech sector are not just abstract principles or debates — they are matters of life and death, safety and harm, freedom and oppression,” he said. “We will continue to hold Musk accountable to the evidence of Twitter’s negative impact on Black people and our freedoms, even as his many cheerleaders try to deny them.
In a tweet after the meeting, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that he was “cautiously optimistic” about Twitter’s future, but that “actions speak louder than words.”In a statement, , “Taking the necessary actions is not rocket science, but failing to do so will put human lives at risk and further unravel our democracy.”“Any content promoting election denial and other harmful lies about election results cannot be allowed to exist on his platform,” he said. “As long as hate, misinformation, and disinformation spread across Twitter, the bird cannot be free.
As some users were vowing to leave the site and others were theorizing about the abusive voices he may allow back on to the platform, Musk released a seemingly desperate letter assuring advertisers he wouldn’t be setting their money on fire by promoting content on a miserable product. “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!” he wrote.Nonetheless, Musk has also been mocked for a proposal to charge $8 for users to visibly verify their accounts — a service that’s long been free. And that proposal came after he was mocked for suggesting the price be set at $20.
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