Amid what appears to be the resignation of many of those left behind, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reinstated accounts that had been banned or closed, apparently as part of the launch of a new “free speech” program. Stories of comedian Kathy Griffin, written by Jordan Petersen, is a conservative satire publication The bee of Babylon was welcomed back to the platform on Friday, according to a tweet from Musk.
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As part of Musk’s “Freedom Friday”, Musk has also brought back the accounts of The bee of Babylon and Petersen, both of whose accounts were shut down earlier this year for tweets offensive to trans people. In March, The bee of Babylon was shut down for “hateful conduct,” following offensive tweets by Rachel Levine, a transwoman and current US health secretary. Months later in July, Petersen’s account was similarly suspended after fraudster Elliot Page. Petersen was said to have “deserved death” rather than delete his tweets.
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Unlike hate speech bans, which appear to have been reversed over time as users deleted offending tweets, Griffin was “suspended” from Twitter a few days ago. In response to distractions The definitive release of Twitter Blue, the comedian took on Musk, which led to his suspension. In tweets that – as is often the case with Musk – may or may not be a joke, Musk had previously written that Griffin’s suspension may not be real. regular.
However, with Friday’s announcement, Musk changed Twitter’s profile for the dirty stuff. He will allow it on the site, but under the threat of shadowbans. According to his tweet, everyone “Bad/hateful tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other money for Twitter.” The new rule would make these things invisible “unless you search for them,” Musk wrote.
It is not clear what the content control in this model will look like. “Deboosting” tweets seems to mean removing the algorithmic “boost”. However, ensuring that a user doesn’t accidentally “get a tweet” can involve making retweets and text tweets impossible, even under extreme circumstances.
Having been in charge for only 16 days this time, the new Twitter boss has started using his “free speech” program by creating a day called “Freedom Friday,” and using it to bring back two closed right-wing accounts. because of hate, it’s one free story that was banned from making itself like Musk. This move has shown, for some users, what the new “hardcore” Twitter will look like going forward.
