Musk says he’ll establish a content moderation ”council,“ and no ”major“ content or reinstatement decisions will happen until then. Elon Musk’s first day as Twitter’s new owner caused concern among many on social media, as hate speech against Black and Jewish people went unchecked, just as media watchdog groups had feared. On Thursday night, the billionaire tweeted “the bird is freed,” while also telling advertisers he did not want the platform to turn into a “free-for-all hellscape.” But as Friday rolled out, there was a noticeable difference in what was now allowed on the platform. A tweet with a Swastika-heavy, pro-Hitler video and the caption, “I hear that there have been some changes around here,” was still up on Friday morning and had more than 800 likes. After articles by the New York Times and Washington Post about the surge in hate speech and concerns about the lack of moderation amid staff cuts, Musk tweeted on Friday, “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.” Alejandra Caraballo of the Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic rounded up several tweets that would have been banned prior to Musk’s regime. One tweet said, “Elon now controls Twitter. Unleash the racial slurs. K—S AND N—–S,” unleashing antisemitic and Black slurs. Another wrote, “I can freely express how much I hate n—s now, thank you, Elon.” While another wrote, “Killing n—s” multiple times, and still others threatened violence against Black people and to the “Jewish media.”
via tehwrap: Elon Musk’s First Day at Twitter: N-Word and Pro-Nazi Tweets Go Unchecked – at Least for Now