Elon Musk indicated on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account will not be restored before the U.S. midterm elections next week, answering one of the biggest unknowns related to his acquisition. of social media company.
musk confirmed on Wednesday morning that “Twitter will not allow anyone who has been removed from the platform for violating Twitter’s rules to come back until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks.” Twitter’s billionaire owner had previously said he would initiate a “content moderation board” and that no major content decisions would be made until it was in place.
Before acquiring Twitter last week, Musk had vowed to roll back at least some of the platform’s content moderation policies and end permanent account bans. He also specifically said that he would recover Trump’s personal account, who was banned from the platform shortly after the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol.
Trump, who has used Twitter to create news, attack critics and set the agenda in Washington, said he was glad Twitter was now in “healthy hands” following the Musk takeover, but said he would not return to the platform. Instead, he plans to stay on his own social network, Truth Social. Trump had tens of millions more followers on Twitter than on Truth Social.
Insinuations that Musk would delay a decision on Trump and other banned accounts come as he is working to reassure users and advertisers, who account for 90% of Twitter’s revenue, that the platform will not become a “free hellscape.” for all”. Musk is also working with some urgency to increase Twitter’s revenue, including with a subscription product, after securing a significant amount of debt financing to pay off the $44 billion acquisition.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Musk said: “Twitter’s content moderation board will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups facing hate-fueled violence.”
Since Musk took over as Twitter’s owner and CEO, the platform has faced a wave of hate speech and other toxic content, which has sparked protests from civil society groups and prompted some advertisers to think twice about working on the platform.
In his Wednesday tweets, Musk said he met with representatives from American associations such as the Anti-Defamation League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Color of Change, the Asian American Foundation and several other groups. to discuss “how Twitter will continue to fight hate and harassment and enforce its electoral integrity policies.”
On Tuesday, Twitter’s head of security and integrity Yoel Roth said on the platform that the company is “focused on addressing the rise in hateful conduct on Twitter. We’ve made measurable progress, removing over 1,500 accounts and reducing reactions to this content to almost zero.” Both Musk and Roth emphasized that Twitter’s policies have not changed since the acquisition.
Source: CNN Brasil
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