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Twitter, the social media giant that may be acquired by Elon Musk, announced last week that it will refocus its effort to prevent the spread of what it considers misinformation.
The “crisis misinformation policy” takes aim at information involving COVID-19 and the Ukraine War. Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of safety and integrity, referenced the Ukraine War and said the company has seen “both sides share information that may be misleading and/or deceptive.”
“Our policy doesn’t draw a distinction between the different combatants. Instead, we’re focusing on misinformation that could be dangerous, regardless of where it comes from,” he said. (See “TRUST OUR TWITTER ALGORITHM, NOT YOUR LYING EYES,” “FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS UNDER ATTACK AS ONLINE CENSORSHIP INCREASES” and “SO NOW WHAT WILL TWITTER DO ABOUT DREADED, AWFUL AND VERY BAD HATE SPEECH?”)
Twitter said in a blog post that it has been working for about a year with “global experts” and “human rights organizations” to develop a “crisis misinformation framework.”
“Down the line, as we expand our approach, we will enforce around other emergent global crises, informed by the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)’s emergency response framework, and other global humanitarian frameworks,” the company said.
The company posted examples of the kinds of posts that could raise alarm.
- False coverage or event reporting, or information that mischaracterizes conditions on the ground as a conflict evolves;
- False allegations regarding use of force, incursions on territorial sovereignty, or around the use of weapons;
- Demonstrably false or misleading allegations of war crimes or mass atrocities against specific populations;
- False information regarding international community response, sanctions, defensive actions, or humanitarian operations.
Twitter users will be able to click through these warning notices to view the Tweet, but the “content won’t be amplified or recommended across the service.”
Musk, the Tesla billionaire, agreed to buy the social media company for about $44 billion in April, but the deal has been put on ice as Musk investigates how many fake accounts exist on the platform.
TRENDPOST: Project Veritas, the news site, released some videos last week that showed what Twitter executives think about free speech that should make every Trends Journal reader worried.
One senior engineer could be seen on camera saying that the company does not believe in free speech and admitted that employees there are “commie as fuck.”
Seeing these “executives” at the company explains how major news items like the Hunter Biden laptop could be killed under some vague policy. These workers look like incels who live a more fulfilling life in the Metaverse than in real life.
Yoel Roth, the executive in charge of this disinformation effort, has referred to former President Trump and his team as “ACTUAL NAZIS,” mocked Trump supporters by saying that “we fly over those states that voted for a racist tangerine for a reason,” and called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a “personality-free bag of farts,” Fox News reported.
He took to Twitter in 2016, shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency, and tweeted that his election was the result of “[Bernie] Sanders protest voters, and racism” in the U.S.
This gives you an idea of how this disinformation unit will work.