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In the midst of what appears to be the resignation of most of its remaining workforce, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reinstated formerly banned or locked accounts, apparently as an opening salvo in the platform’s new “freedom of speech” program. The accounts of comedian Kathy Griffin, author Jordan Petersen, and conservative satire publication The Babylon Bee were welcomed back to the platform on Friday, according to a tweet from Musk.
As part of Musk’s “Freedom Fridays,” Musk has notably brought back the accounts of The Babylon Bee and Petersen, whose accounts were both locked earlier this year for tweets misgendering trans people. In March, The Babylon Bee was locked for “hateful conduct,” following tweets misgendering Rachel Levine, a transwoman and current US assistant secretary of health. Months later in July, Petersen’s account was also similarly locked after posts misgendering trans actor Elliot Page. Petersen was quoted that he would “rather die” than delete his tweets.
In contrast to the hateful conduct lockouts, which appear to have been reversible all along if the users deleted the problem tweets, Griffin, had been “permanently suspended” from Twitter just days prior. In response to the messy Twitter Blue verification rollout, the comedian impersonated Musk, leading to her suspension. In tweets that — as is so often the case with Musk — might or might not have been jokes, Musk had already tweeted that Griffin’s suspension might not actually be permanent.
However, with Friday’s announcement, Musk updated Twitter’s position on hateful content. He’ll allow it on the site, but under the threat of shadowbans. According to his tweet, any “Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.” The new moderation policy would make such content invisible “unless you specifically seek it out,” Musk tweeted.
It’s unclear what this form of content moderation would look like in practice. “Deboosting” tweets seemingly means removing the algorithmic “boost.” However, ensuring that a user “won’t find the tweet” accidentally would involve making retweets and quote tweets impossible as well, even in a critical context.
Having been in charge for just 16 days at this point, the new Twitter boss has begun to put his “free speech” program into practice by creating a day called “Freedom Friday,” and using it to bring back two right-wing accounts locked for hate, and one liberal account that had been banned for impersonating Musk himself. These moves have shown, to some users, what the new “hardcore” Twitter will look like going into the future.
Elon Musk begins unbanning some high-profile Twitter accounts, starting with Jordan Peterson and Kathy Griffin
Elon Musk is acting on his vow to rethink permanent bans on Twitter users. Twitter has reinstated the accounts of three controversial users, including conservative satire site Babylon Bee, conservative author (and former YouTube personality) Jordan Peterson and comedian Kathy Griffin. A decision about former President Donald Trump has “not yet been made,” Musk said, although the CEO previously said he would reverse Trump’s ban.
The action comes as part of “Freedom Fridays,” according to Musk. However, it also appears to contradict Musk’s previous pledge to form a moderation council before undoing bans or otherwise making significant content decisions. The council was supposed to ensure that Twitter’s policies reflected a wide range of viewpoints.
Kathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.
Trump decision has not yet been made.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Both Babylon Bee and Peterson were banned earlier this year for violating Twitter’s hate speech rules protecting transgender people. Griffin, meanwhile, was banned for responding to Twitter’s messy pay-for-verification rollout by impersonating Musk. As you might imagine, these actions are likely to have critics. LGBTQ rights advocates like GLAAD supported internet bans on Peterson this summer due to his “hateful and false narratives,” for example.
The tech mogul warned that some content would still be subject to severe restrictions. Hate and other negative tweets would be “max deboosted & demonetized,” he said. While this wouldn’t apply to whole accounts, it would make offending tweets invisible unless you knew to look for them, and would prevent Twitter earning revenue from that material. Free speech at Twitter didn’t mean “freedom of reach,” Musk added.
The combination of lifted bans and a new moderation policy reflects Musk’s attempts to balance his personal desires with commercial realities. While he has argued that Twitter should be a free speech haven where bans are very rare, he has also tried to reassure advertisers worried their promos might appear next to hate speech and other objectionable tweets. In other words, Musk may still have to clamp down on toxic content even if its creators are now allowed on his platform.
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