Revelations about Twitter's content moderation decisions have raised questions about political bias.
Ms Weiss said decisions were made "all in secret, without informing users". Mr Musk went even further, saying the revelations proved "the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left".We are missing the context of which other accounts have faced similar treatment, and whether the restricted accounts were in breach of other rules, for example inciting hate or spreading false claims about Covid that could cause harm.
Restricting accounts can be a useful tool if they are spreading harmful material. A common phrase when we talk about regulating the internet is "freedom of speech not freedom of reach" -Twitter, for instance, confirmed just a few days ago that it would notThe idea of an account being placed on "trends blacklists" doesn't seem totally out of step with this policy.
One name on the Twitter files list that has drawn attention is Dr Jay Bhattacharya - a health policy professor at Stanford University - who vocally opposed coronavirus lockdowns, and whose tweets were reportedly prevented from trending., who accused him of oversimplifying research studies, and by other scientists for proposing an alternative to lockdowns they said was unworkable and would lead to more deaths.
Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and a former Facebook chief security officer, says Mr Musk is "providing extremely limited transparency" to like-minded US media figures. He proposed that Mr Musk should make available details of
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Live blog: Twitter chaos - Twitter now verifying gold accountsThere's drama, and then there's Twitter
Read more »
The Biggest Revelations From the Testimony SBF Never GaveSam Bankman-Fried admitted to Congress Tuesday that he 'f–ed up' while running bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and claimed he has only $100,000 in his bank account, despite a one-time net worth of $26 billion.
Read more »
The Rockford Files star Stuart Margolin dies aged 82The Rockford Files star Stuart Margolin has died aged 82.
Read more »
The Outbound Ghost publisher files lawsuit against developer in wake of 'dissolved' relationshipDigerati, publisher of The Outbound Ghost, has filed a lawsuit against its developer Conradical. Last week, lead develo…
Read more »
How to switch and transfer your files from iPhone to Android quickly and easilyJust switched from an iPhone to an Android phone? Here's how to keep your files.
Read more »