{"id":376447,"date":"2021-12-04T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-raises-free-speech-concerns\/"},"modified":"2021-12-04T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:43:49","slug":"new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-raises-free-speech-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-raises-free-speech-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal raises free-speech concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#New <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> CEO Parag Agrawal raises free-speech concerns<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some critics fear Twitter\u2019s new CEO has a worse record on free speech than his predecessor \u2014given his \u201cterrifying\u201d public statements on the issue, an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>alling\u201d new rule implemented on his first day on the job, and a major executive restructuring Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The concern is that Parag Agrawal\u2019s leadership will bring even more restrictions to the site than Jack Dorsey\u2019s \u2014 who infamously censored The Post over its Hunter Biden email expos\u00e9s, banned President Trump and suspended former Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Mark Morgan for tweeting favorably about the border wall \u2014 actions Dorsey later admitted were a \u201cmistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re talking about an organization where free speech is integral to what they do. I\u2019ve seen the left talk about how this appears likely that Twitter is going to endorse the more European view of free speech \u2014 which is not free speech,\u201d said Dan Gainor, of the conservative nonprofit watchdog Media Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2018 interview, Agrawal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2020\/11\/18\/1012066\/emtech-stage-twitters-cto-on-misinformation\/\">said<\/a> Twitter should \u201cfocus less on thinking about free speech, but thinking about how the times have changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere our role is particularly emphasized is who can be heard,\u201d he went on. \u201cAnd so increasingly our role is moving towards how we recommend content \u2026 how we direct people\u2019s attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jack-Dorsey-098.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jack Dorsey\" class=\"wp-image-20371452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jack-Dorsey-098.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jack-Dorsey-098.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jack-Dorsey-098.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Agrawal replaced Jack Dorsey as CEO on Monday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wikipedia co-founder and Internet theorist Larry Sanger slammed the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is how he feels about free speech. Of course. Another Silicon Valley jerk engaging in doublespeak, using what should be an open public square for manipulation and indoctrination,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsanger\/status\/1465354278877470721\">fumed<\/a> in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Naysayers didn\u2019t get much solace on Agrawal\u2019s first full day, when Twitter announced it would no longer allow posting images or videos of people without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>Media theorist and CUNY Journalism School professor Jeff Jarvis said the move could negatively \u201caffect how journalism is done on Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we go overboard in a moral panic,\u201d he said, \u201cit can have an impact on freedom of expression in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman who took the video of George Floyd, if she had not been able to post that video, that case would not have happened and that murderer would have gotten away with it. That concerns me,\u201d Jarvis added.<\/p>\n<p>Gainor called the new restrictions \u201cvery alarming.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/twitter-095.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"wp-image-20371462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/twitter-095.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/twitter-095.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/twitter-095.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The concern is that Agrawal\u2019s leadership will bring even more restrictions to the site than Dorsey\u2019s.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Richard Drew<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m bothered because Jack Dorsey, for all of his flaws, he came from Twitter when Twitter cared about free speech. He had to be dragged into the safe-space era. This guy is new. And based on the actions they\u2019ve taken on day one, he\u2019s already there,\u201d Gainor said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Joe Borelli (R-SI) said the new policy was \u201cappalling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should have the right to make the most cruel and obscene images of me, without my consent. \u2026 Twitter sounds like they would have banned burning the statue of George III,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter rep told The Post in a statement that images and videos of people at large events \u201cwould generally not violate this policy.\u201d It\u2019s not clear how posts will be reviewed under the vague diktat, which the rep said was intended to protect \u201cwomen, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1466074646240014340\">tweeted<\/a> a meme portraying Agrawal as Josef Stalin \u2014 and Dorsey as Nikolai Yezhov, a secret-police official who was executed and edited out of a famous photo with the Soviet premier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>The rep didn\u2019t comment on whether Musk\u2019s tweet featuring Agarwal\u2019s likeness violated the policy \u2014 or on Agrawal\u2019s plans for speech on the platform generally.<\/p>\n<p>And on Friday, Agrawal restructured the leadership team, according to securities filings. Under the changeup, the company\u2019s current engineering and design leads will leave the company, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-restructures-leadership-team-11638562370\">the Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Little is known about the political views of the mostly behind-the-scenes software engineer, who replaced co-founder Dorsey on Monday. At 37, he\u2019s the youngest CEO of any firm in the S&amp;P 500.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Rajasthan, India, Agrawal studied computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> at the Indian Institute of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Bombay. He earned his PhD at Stanford University and joined Twitter in 2011  to work on its advertising tech.<\/p>\n<p>Agrawal will get a $1 million salary, $1.5 million \u201ctarget\u201d bonus, \u201cgolden parachute\u201d-style executive severance plan \u2014 and $12.5 million in Twitter stock, according to securities filings.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t broach on free-speech or politics in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paraga\/status\/1465349749607854083\/photo\/1\">an introductory email to employees<\/a>. \u201cThe world is watching us right now, even more than they have before. Lots of people are going to have lots of different opinions about today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>,\u201d he wrote.\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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