Posted on 10/29/2022 7:50:05 AM PDT by Salman
An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter in the hours after billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over the social network, raising fears that his pledge of unrestricted free speech could fuel a new wave of online hate.
The flood of racist posts was among the most prominent signs of how Twitter had changed in the first hours of Musk’s ownership. But those who were expecting even bigger changes, such as the restoration of former president Donald Trump’s account and the layoff of hundreds if not thousands of Twitter employees, will have to wait longer.
Musk on Friday tweeted that he would make “no major content decisions or account reinstatements” until the convening of a new “moderation council.” He promised that the council would have “widely diverse viewpoints” but offered no other information about who would be on it, how its members would be selected, what authority it would have or whether its views would be binding on the company.
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They really seem to think knocking people off Twitter makes them disappear. Because anything outside the bubble does not exist. right?
Racist = Anything a liberal disagrees with
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El Oh El.
What percentage of the actual U.S. population is on Twitter, and would actually be harmed by some of these alleged “racist” tweets?
There may be a few conservative racists, but I suspect 99% of these posts are by Leftists trying to embarrass Musk.
I imagine Obama's college students were kicked in to create havoc as they always do. Especially being a week-end.
Kudos to JimRob and the mods here having got it right on FR for decades: a clear and enforced policy against racist posts, but enough leeway to discuss topics that aren’t always popular—or allowed elsewhere.
First, define racist.
“There may be a few conservative racists, but I suspect 99% of these posts are by Leftists trying to embarrass Musk.”
Yep, absolutely true
>>I suspect 99% of these posts are by Leftists trying to embarrass Musk
Exactly!
False flags, of course.
Some people are going to spew hate. Better to know who they are.
If we stipulate that there are “bad” tweets circulating on Twitter, how is that different than providing rights for the accused, KNOWING that the price of such rights is some guilty men walking free?
If lefties don’t like it, they can go on Facebook or something.
Do you have a non-paywalled link to these “racist” tweets?
I am entirely capable and free of ignoring Twitter content I don’t like, or don’t agree with. No one is going to be convinced of an idea because of what they read on Twitter, unless they are already Cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs. I don’t need Twitter-nerds to be my content filter.
Someday even the fools at the Washington Post will realize much of liberal ‘speech’ is hate speech.
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