![]() ![]() “We met to make three immediate requests of him in his stewardship of Twitter,” said Jessica González, co-CEO of Free Press, an online advocacy group that has called for advertisers to stop spending on Twitter ads if Musk rolls back content-moderation policies. But what is going to happen to one of the world’s most influential platforms after next week, however, is still an open question. During the online meeting, the world’s richest man agreed to hold off on any major changes to the platform’s content-moderation policies before the election - including bringing back users who had previously been kicked off the site - as well as to take advice on policies from people who have been targeted by coordinated online harassment and hate campaigns, according to four of the participants in the call. On Monday evening, Musk held a roughly 45-minute Zoom call with representatives from seven nonprofits about hate speech on Twitter. From pretty much the moment Elon Musk closed on his $44 billion deal for Twitter, the social media platform has seen a spike in racial slurs and conspiracy theories - including from the new owner - an alarming development for speech advocates who have sought to tamp down the spread of coordinated hate campaigns online. ![]()
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