After his takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk had proclaimed himself a fervent defender of freedom of expression. On March 9, the so-called trust and security meeting on the policy of freedom of expression of the social network was held, yesAccording to information from the specialized bulletin platforms.
Therefore, violent comments will always remain in users’ feeds, but will not be amplified by algorithms. So nothing new on that side.
On the other hand, a new system will appear, the comments will be classified on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the total withdrawal of a tweet considered too violent. If a tweet ranks 3 or 4, it shows up on the author’s profile but doesn’t appear in their followers’ feed or as a recommendation. No details have been provided about this rating system: who will assess? How will the algorithm be developed? Under what criteria or keywords is a tweet considered violent?
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According platformsThe implementation of this policy is above all a guarantee of transparency on the part of Twitter with respect to the user.
Last November, Elon Musk had expressed his vision: “Twitter’s new policy is freedom of expression, but not freedom of access. Hateful tweets will no longer be featured or demonetized. You won’t find the violent tweet unless you you’re specifically looking for.” , which is no different from the rest of the internet,” he tweeted.
In addition, Twitter was singled out by the European Union on March 8 for its management of moderation. Brussels is asking Elon Musk to hire, or rather rehire, moderators when he has fired more than half of the company’s staff.
Source: BFM TV
