Elon Mask announces that he will revive the people who were banned on Twitter, and there are voices that fear that malicious users who have been exiled due to harassment and discrimination will return



Mr. Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter, conducted a questionnaire on whether to revive the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump, which should have been permanently frozen, and revived Mr. Trump's account, which had been banished from Twitter for a long time. I was. After that, Mr. Mask conducted a questionnaire on whether to grant amnesty to frozen Twitter accounts other than celebrities, and announced that he would unfreeze ``except for accounts that committed malicious spam or violated the law.'' .

Elon Musk will bring the worst people on the internet back to Twitter - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/24/23476655/elon-musk-general-amnesty-mass-unban-twitter

Musk will restore Twitter accounts banned for harassment, misinformation - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/

Mr. Mask conducted a questionnaire on November 24, 2022, ``Should Twitter offer a pardon for suspended accounts unless they violate the law or engage in malicious spamming?'' . The questionnaire received 3.16 million votes, with 72.4% agreeing and 27.6% disagreeing.




After that, on November 25, Mr. Mask tweeted, ``The pardon will start next week,'' and announced that he would unfreeze the Twitter account that had been frozen in response to the survey results.




Overseas media The Verge said, ``This is the worst decision to overturn the moderation work that Twitter has been doing for many years and make it virtually non-existent.'' ``Twitter has been struggling through moderation for years. We have eliminated malicious users from the platform, and what has been eliminated from the platform are accounts that engage in horrific abusive behavior, harassment, and spread misinformation, ”he said, unilaterally making a decision by Mr. Mask. criticize.

Furthermore, ``Mr. Mask's survey has collected more than 3 million votes, but the fact that there are many bots and fake accounts on Twitter is also the reason why Mr. Musk has been deterred from acquiring Twitter for a long time. Don't forget, 'he suggests that the survey results may have been distorted using bots and fake accounts.

Even on Twitter, PreSeed Now 's Martin Bryant said, ``This could be massive platform vandalism,'' and ``It's insane to use the results of a survey on Twitter like this. I'm not stupid, so I should have understood that the survey results would be like this. indicate.




'Mr Musk's decision to reinstate nearly all previously frozen Twitter accounts will have dangerous consequences, especially for vulnerable communities,' said Taylor Lorenz, columnist for The Washington Post. pointed out. Lorenz also said, `` Surveys on Twitter are not democratic because the results can be easily manipulated, '' and `` The most violent and aggressive stalkers, LGBTQ haters, and women I am afraid that people who discriminate and those who spread scandals are welcomed by Twitter with open arms, ' he tweeted, fearing that malicious users will return to Twitter.




In addition, blogger Tom Coates tweeted, ``Mr. Mask plans to unfreeze all frozen accounts for hate speech, abuse, harassment, and election interference.''




``Apple and Google should start seriously considering banning Twitter from the app stores,'' said Alejandro Caravaro, a lecturer on cyber law at Harvard Law School. It's existentially dangerous for various socially marginalized communities, and it's like opening the gates of hell in terms of the havoc it can cause. Words cannot express how dangerous this is,” he told The Washington Post.

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