Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Elon Musk Reveals His Sneaky Plan for New Twitter Content Moderation Council<!-- wp:html --><p>Taylor Hill/Getty</p> <p>When <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-demands-sit-down-with-engineers-amid-new-twitter-chaos">Elon Musk</a> completed his $44 billion takeover of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-truth-social-fans-dont-want-donald-trump-back-on-elon-musks-twitter">Twitter</a> last month, advertisers and individual users feared for what might happen to the site in the hands of a self-described “free speech absolutist.”</p> <p>Musk sought to address their concerns by announcing the formation of a new “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,” promising that no “major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.”</p> <p>But it seems that the arch troll wasn’t exactly telling the whole story.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-reveals-his-dastardly-plan-for-new-twitter-content-moderation-council?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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When Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter last month, advertisers and individual users feared for what might happen to the site in the hands of a self-described “free speech absolutist.”

Musk sought to address their concerns by announcing the formation of a new “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,” promising that no “major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.”

But it seems that the arch troll wasn’t exactly telling the whole story.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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