Twitter is looking at content moderation on the platform like before, and it would not be going wild with its free speech focus like what many thought of in the past, as per Elon Musk's recent announcement. The public was exchanging with the tech CEO regarding its new direction, which they thought was to change with Musk onboard the company.
Additionally, Musk talked about the reason behind the downsizing and employee layoffs within Twitter, wherein he justified the reason behind these changes within the social media company.
Twitter Content Moderation Policy is Unchanged Says Musk
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Twitter's content moderation policy remains unchanged, and this is what the new CEO of the social media claimed earlier this morning as he explained what is happening in the company. According to Musk's tweets, he aims to clarify this with the general public the social media, saying that he would continue the policies present within the company.
Furthermore, he said that hate speech was lower in his first week.
Chief Twit previously said that it would have free speech in the company, but would not tolerate anything beyond the law, and this may mean that there would be more leeway.
Nevertheless, his previous claims did not mention anything regarding Twitter's unregulated experience, only that it will center more on hearing both sides, the left and right.
Again, to be crystal clear, Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
In fact, we have actually seen hateful speech at times this week decline *below* our prior norms, contrary to what you may read in the press.
Twitter Employee Layoffs? Chief Twit Explains
In another tweet, Musk explained that there was a need to lay off employees in the company, as part of the downsizing and employee layoffs, a trend that took place amongst many companies this year. Musk said that Twitter is already losing $4 million per day and that employees were given a three-month advance on their salaries upon exit.
Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required.
Elon Musk and Twitter
Since Musk's acquisition of the short word social media last week, one of his earliest "first orders of business" is to push through with the $8 monthly subscription for the Twitter Blue service. It also includes the requirement to have this subscription remain verified on the platform, making it available for all who wish to have the blue check.
It saw mixed opinions from the public, but most of it were backlash which shades the tech CEO regarding his focus on profiting from the public to get verification.
However, those were not the only changes in social media in Musk's first week, especially with the company layoffs which downsized its workforce significantly in the past few days. Allegedly, their layoffs were based on previous tweets they posted online, and it sparked outrage among employees when they sued the company and its new owner.
Musk is now looking for ways to clarify this incident, and in his latest tweet, he said that these were all said in advance and employees were given more than 50 percent of the legal separation pay. Additionally, his focus on Twitter's content moderation did not change from the old policies, still looking into hate speech and misinformation.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
