up harms online don t appear to be high up on the priorities list, freedom of speech and those kinds of issues appear to be at the forefront of his new twitter. and we are seeing how signals like this but also decisions to bring back the various high profile accounts that had previously been banned or suspended from twitter for pushing disinformation for inciting violence, trolling, posting inoffensive, bully comments but it could have serious repercussions for twitter. ~ :, :, , , :, could have serious repercussions for twitter. :, :, , , :, :, twitter. what does this mean for eo - le twitter. what does this mean for eole all twitter. what does this mean for people all around twitter. what does this mean for people all around the twitter. what does this mean for people all around the world - twitter. what does this mean for| people all around the world using twitter the bbc s americast spoke to a former content moderator at twitter who was fired by musk. it seems to be down to th
the amnesty for suspended accounts will begin next week as long as they haven t broken the law or spammed users. more than 3.1 million twitter users votes in the poll, with 72% saying yes. mr musk had already reinstated the twitter account of former president donald trump following a similar poll last week. since taking over at twitter, elon musk has stirred up a real frenzy, with a range of radical changes including a subscription fee for the blue tick and sacking staff. so what direction is twitter heading? and what does he mean for content moderation and handling disinformation? the bbc s americast spoke to a former content moderator at twitter who was fired by musk. so far, itjust seems to be, again, down to the whims of one person and itjust seems that, as we go further and further down the line, there s just going to be an increase in these abuses and an increase in
racist tweets have proliferated. here are some revolting examples to read for you. you are now controls twitter, unleash the racial slurs, k words, letter and word. next i can freely express how much i hate them now. thank you, elon. there have been some changes around here. it was like more than 400 times. one tweet showing a bad word in capital letters was like more than 7000 times. what is that about? they like him. they think, well, he said the word is free. right? one second later they said we are having a content moderator think that advertisers are leaving. the bird is that free? it turns into this. nobody wants to be that as a business. so, it is a very difficult walk
the sector has heard from academics and experts is that it is too opaque, that you cannot have qualified, outside experts looking into platforms like youtube and facebook and the rest of them in the way that they need to for us to really see what is going on there. you take this thing private and put it behind all the opacity that he is known for at his other companies and we are not going to know anything about how those decisions were being made. meanwhile, if he truly does do away with content moderation the way he has talked about for so long, then he really could wind up with what exactly he told advertisers in this match he would not be creating, which is a free-for-all health-scape in his words. so, he s a ceo of multiple companies, a father of 8 to 10 children, and now, potentially, a full-time content moderator. a futhat is quite the undertakig for a very powerful man. jacob ward, thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. when we come back, the friday night cap! we
the main complaints that you and i and everyone else who is ever really paid attention to the sector has heard from academics and experts is that it is too opaque, that you cannot have qualified, outside experts looking into platforms like youtube and facebook and the rest of them in the way that they need to for us to really see what is going on there. you take this thing private and put it behind all the opacity that he is known for at his other companies and we are not going to know anything about how those decisions were being made. meanwhile, if he truly does do away with content moderation the way he has talked about for so long, then he really could wind up with what exactly he told advertisers in this match he would not be creating, which is a free-for-all health-scape in his words. so, he s a ceo of multiple companies, a father of 8 to 10 children, and now, potentially, a full-time content moderator. that is quite the undertaking for a very powerful man. jacob ward, thank yo