Twitter’s new owner Elon MuskOn Thursday, he announced that he is going to give up “Amnesty” of suspended accounts.Which, according to online security experts, will contribute to the growth of harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

The billionaire’s announcement came after he investigated his report on the recovery of accounts that did not violate the law and did not engage in gross spam. Yes, there was a voice 72 percent.

“People have spoken. The amnesty starts next week. Vox Populi, Vox DeiIn a tweet, Musk used a Latin phrase that means “the voice of the people is the voice of God.”

Musk used the same phrase after releasing a similar poll last weekend, before resurrecting the former US president’s account. Donald Trumpwhich was shut down by Twitter for inciting a riot on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. Trump said he would not return to Twitter, but did not delete his account.

This type of online surveys They lack scientific rigor and can easily be influenced by bots.

Since Musk took control of Twitter a month ago, groups that monitor the platform for racism, anti-Semitism and other toxic language say it has increased.

The rise in malicious content is largely due to the turmoil that followed Musk’s decision to fire half of the company’s 7,500 employees, as well as top executives, and then issue a series of ultimatums that led to the resignations of hundreds of others. An undisclosed number of external workers responsible for content moderation were also fired.

Among those who have resigned over a lack of faith in Musk’s will to prevent Twitter from descending into wild-speech chaos is Twitter’s head of trust and security. Joel Roth.

Major advertisers have also left the platform.

On October 28, the day after taking control, Musk tweeted that suspended accounts would not be reinstated until Twitter was reestablished. “Content Moderation Advice” It consisted of people with different points of view discussing cases.

On Tuesday, it said it was backing away from that promise because it agreed to it at the insistence of a “large coalition of political and social activist groups” who later “broke the deal” by calling on advertisers to stop doing business on Twitter. At least temporarily.

A day earlier, Twitter activated the personal account of a US federal representative Marjorie Taylorwhich was removed in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation guidelines.

Musk is increasingly friendly with right-wing personalities on Twitter. Ahead of this month’s US midterm elections, he urged “independent” people to vote Republican.

(Courtesy of AP)

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