The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, defended this Monday that governments, companies and social networks have a responsibility to prevent hate speech, bullying and misinformation that “damage human rights, democracy and The science”.
“A safe digital space begins with the protection of freedom of expression. But it does not end there. Governments, companies and social networks have a responsibility to prevent hate speech, harassment and misinformation, which undermine human rights , democracy and science”. Guterres highlighted in a post on the social network Twitter.
Elon Musk, who in addition to Tesla also owns SpaceX [viagens espaciais]bought Twitter in October for 44,000 million dollars (41,700 million euros).
But Musk’s vision, which advocated absolute freedom of expression on the social network, is causing concern among many users, authorities and advertisers, fearing an increase in hate messages and misinformation.
At first, the businessman promised a content moderation board responsible for all important decisions, but then decided to rehabilitate several accounts, starting with that of former US President Donald Trump, banned from the social network after the Capitol robbery in January 2021. .
Musk has also ended the fight against false information linked to Covid-19 and recently clarified his personal limits on free expression in a series of ‘tweets’.
On Friday, American rapper Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended for “inciting violence” after he said he admired Hitler.
Elon Musk also said he would not allow far-right American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was convicted for claiming a school massacre was organized by elements of the anti-gun movement, to return to social media.
Reacting to Kanye West’s comments, US President Joe Biden on Friday urged US politicians to “denounce and reject anti-Semitism.”
“I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should denounce and reject anti-Semitism wherever it hides,” said the US head of state, via the social network Twitter.
Biden also stressed that “silence is complicity,” reported the Europa Press agency.
Also on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron, visiting the United States, revealed that he had held “a clear and sincere conversation” with the new owner of Twitter, to insist that the social network must improve transparency and “strengthen the content moderation. .
In a series of messages written on Twitter, Emmanuel Macron also said that he had discussed, in New Orleans, on Friday, with the founder of the Tesla company “future green industrial projects, such as the production of electric vehicles and batteries”, without giving details. ..
Source: TSF
