Elon announces new Twitter’s new content moderation policy, reinstates some banned accounts

On November 19, Musk introduced the brand new Twitter coverage, which is about “freedom of speech, however not freedom of attain.” Together with this, the brand new boss of Twitter additionally introduced that the platform has determined to carry again a number of accounts that had been taken down beforehand. The brand new content material moderation coverage and the act of bringing again banned accounts is an enormous step for the platform, particularly when probably the most outstanding promoting corporations worldwide are discussing that promoting on Twitter is “excessive danger,” a report by The Verge states. 

Twitter new coverage doesn’t enable customers freedom of attain

In a tweet, Musk writes that the “new Twitter coverage is freedom of speech, however not freedom of attain.” To supply some context, social media platforms have an idea of attain, which refers back to the variety of customers to whom a submit or a tweet goes. The platform’s algorithm usually decides what customers see on their feed primarily based on their pursuits and former search patterns, figuring out a submit’s attain within the course of. 

New Twitter coverage is freedom of speech, however not freedom of attain.

Adverse/hate tweets might be max deboosted & demonetized, so no adverts or different income to Twitter.

You received’t discover the tweet until you particularly search it out, which isn’t any completely different from remainder of Web.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022

Whereas all huge names, similar to Fb and Instagram, have such an algorithm, Musk is saying outright that Twitter will take into account freedom of speech, which refers to what customers need to say. Nonetheless, it will not enable freedom of attain, which refers back to the variety of fellow customers to whom the content material reaches. 

Including to it, Musk writes, “destructive/hate tweets be max deboosted & demonetised, so no adverts or different income to Twitter.” It could be the attain of the destructive or hate speech that Musk needs to restrict. Since such posts usually go viral, Twitter will even demonetise them in order that creators can’t make any cash from them. 

The platform restores a number of banned accounts as properly

Any longer, Twitter customers will not discover a tweet until they’re particularly in search of it, which, per Musk, “isn’t any completely different from remainder of web.” Committing to the brand new coverage, Musk has additionally introduced that Twitter accounts Kathie Griffin, Jordan Peterson & Babylon Bee have been restored. 

Nevertheless, former US president Donald Trump’s account has not been reinstated but. In truth, in his iconic means, Musk has carried out a ballot on the microblogging platform, asking the web whether or not they need Trump’s account to be reinstated. Surprisingly, it has been ten hours since Musk posted the ballot, and it already has over 9 million votes, of which 52.5% favour bringing again Trump on Twitter (at 04:45 PM IST, November 19, 2022). 

Vox Populi, Vox Dei

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022