{"id":520660,"date":"2022-12-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/musks-free-speech-twitter-vision-put-to-test-by-ye\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:00:00","slug":"musks-free-speech-twitter-vision-put-to-test-by-ye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musks-free-speech-twitter-vision-put-to-test-by-ye\/","title":{"rendered":"#Musk\u2019s \u2018free speech\u2019 Twitter vision put to test by Ye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7d439a37\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7d439a37\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musks-free-speech-twitter-vision-put-to-test-by-ye\/#Musks_%E2%80%98free_speech_Twitter_vision_put_to_test_by_Ye\" >Musk\u2019s \u2018free speech\u2019 Twitter vision put to test by Ye<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Musks_%E2%80%98free_speech_Twitter_vision_put_to_test_by_Ye\"><\/span>Musk\u2019s \u2018free speech\u2019 Twitter vision put to test by Ye<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/muskelon_030920_ap-susan-walsh_musk.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s vision for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> that allows any and all content was put to the test Thursday by r<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>er Ye\u2019s tweet featuring a swastika.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u00a0has\u00a0forged ahead with his plans to create a so-called free speech platform in the month since\u00a0he took\u00a0over Twitter as part of a $44 billion acquisition \u2014 removing the COVID-19 misinformation policy, cutting key staff and replatforming banned accounts. But his decision to suspend Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, highlights the tightrope Musk is walking between appeasing his supporters who welcome his \u201cfree speech\u201d vision and running a viable social media site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think [Musk] saw a moment to try and work the room to say, \u2018look what I did. I stopped the swastika,\u2019\u201d said Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of the left-leaning watchdog group Media Matters for America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decision was\u00a0made\u00a0in an ad hoc manner and with special treatment for Ye, Carusone said. Before he was suspended, Ye tweeted a screenshot with a text from Musk saying, \u201cSorry, but you have gone too far. This is not love.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t a system-wide thing and it doesn\u2019t change the fact that there\u2019s no policy framework in place or enforcement mechanism on cracking down on this type of hate,\u201d Carusone said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, Musk is facing backlash from both\u00a0his critics and his supporters. Twitter users who\u00a0back\u00a0his plans for minimal content moderation blasted him for suspending Ye and giving into the \u201cwoke mob.\u201d At the same time, critics pressing Musk to reinstate Twitter\u2019s content moderation policies said the seemingly ad hoc decision\u00a0regarding\u00a0the\u00a0single\u00a0celebrity doesn\u2019t counteract the fact that other right-wing extremists are able to use the platform to organize and spread hate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t really about Elon Musk or Kanye West. This is about a system that\u2019s not being properly managed,\u201d said Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez, co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it right for him to suspend Kanye West? Yes, but it shouldn\u2019t take a swastika for us to get there,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Less than three weeks after Musk reinstated Ye\u2019s account,\u00a0which was\u00a0banned under Twitter\u2019s previous leadership after Ye posted other antisemitic messages, the rapper tested the bounds of what he could now say under Musk\u2019s rule. The limit appeared to come in the form of tweeting a swastika, following an\u00a0antisemitic rant Ye\u00a0went on\u00a0during an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a comprehensive system that\u2019s enforced across the board, across languages, across regions \u2014 and these ad hoc decisions, while I do think this is the right decision, it gives me no peace of mind because I don\u2019t see rules being applied across the board,\u201d Gonz\u00e1lez said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk told a user who pleaded with him to \u201cFIX KANYE PLEASE,\u201d that he \u201ctried [his] best,\u201d but Ye \u201cagain violated our rule against incitement to violence\u201d and his account will be suspended.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ye\u2019s suspension, though, doesn\u2019t appear to be representative of how Twitter is handling other hate speech,\u00a0based on\u00a0data compiled by advocacy groups\u00a0that shows its rising prevalence on the platform since Musk became CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said that impressions on hate speech on Twitter decreased since he took over the company at the end of October. He tweeted a graph Friday illustrating the supposed decrease, similar to one he tweeted in mid-November showing the dip. But the graph, and Musk\u2019s tweet, lacks information about the data or analysis Twitter used to reach that conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hill reached out to Twitter for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Center For Countering Digital Hate said research compiled using data from Brandwatch found that in fact hate speech increased on Twitter under Musk\u2019s leadership. In the week leading up to Musk\u2019s first tweet of the graph showing the supposed decrease in impressions with hate speech, the center found <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le the rate of tweets using the \u201cN\u201d word compared to the month before Musk\u2019s takeover, and an increase of up to 31 percent for other derogatory terms aimed at Jewish people and members of the LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/blog\/extremists-far-right-figures-exploit-recent-changes-twitter\">found an increase in antisemitic content<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter and a decrease in the moderation of antisemitic posts since Musk\u2019s takeover.<\/p>\n<p>Carusone said Musk\u2019s suspension on Ye is an example of exactly the kind of behavior Musk and his supporters were critical of:\u00a0a seemingly arbitrary decision made on one account.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carusone said Musk is trying to use this one example of action taken as he tries to court advertisers back onto Twitter, especially since the decision came after Ye\u2019s Infowars interview,\u00a0during which\u00a0the rapper\u00a0praised\u00a0Hitler and Nazis, among\u00a0a number of other antisemitic comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Musk] knows the spotlight is on him, he\u2019s trying to think about revenue, and so what does he do? He takes the moment \u2026 he gets to get out there and take this action,\u201d Carusone said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk appeared to brush off the criticism Friday, arguing that\u00a0the backlash from opposite sides indicates\u00a0the suspension is\u00a0a sign of Twitter \u201cbeing fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know Twitter is being fair when extremists on far right and far left are simultaneously upset!,\u201d he tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s still facing an exodus of advertisers, which have historically made up the vast majority of Twitter\u2019s revenue. Since Musk took over the company, half of Twitter\u2019s top advertisers appear to have halted their activity on the platform, according to a Media Matters report published last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Media Matters and Free Press are among a coalition of advocacy groups leading a campaign urging advertisers to halt ads on Twitter based on changes Musk made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-offers-advertisers-generous-incentives-after-many-marketers-left-platform-11669922354?mod=e2tw\">The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday<\/a>\u00a0that Twitter is offering advertisers incentives to increase their spending, including offers to match spending with a 100 percent value for those who book at least $500,000 in incremental spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the pressure he is feeling is demonstrated by the dramatic action that Twitter is taking simultaneous to this with advertisers,\u201d Carusone said.\n<\/p><\/div>\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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