{"id":1237593,"date":"2022-10-28T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/28\/elon-musk-says-twitter-will-form-a-content-moderation-council-before-deciding-on-trump\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:50:25","slug":"elon-musk-says-twitter-will-form-a-content-moderation-council-before-deciding-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/28\/elon-musk-says-twitter-will-form-a-content-moderation-council-before-deciding-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation &#8216;council&#8217; before deciding on Trump \u2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he\u2019s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he\u2019ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Musk hasn\u2019t said much since taking over at Twitter, but he will apparently form some kind of policy advisory body to oversee content moderation decisions. Musk said the group will reflect \u201cdiverse viewpoints\u201d though we\u2019ll certainly have to wait and see on that one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed breakout\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. <\/p>\n<p>No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1586059953311137792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Importantly, Musk says he won\u2019t be making any major decisions or account reinstatements\u2014 i.e. restoring former President Donald Trump \u2014 before the council is put in place. Because it\u2019s Musk that might happen within hours or it might not happen at all, it\u2019s hard to say.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Musk also let go of Vijaya Gadde, a well-respected top policy executive at the company who helped it navigate complex legal and moderation issues for more than 11 years. Getting rid of Gadde was a signal that a new era with different decision making is beginning, for better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is likely more balm for skittish advertisers wary of Musk immediately turning the platform into an anything-goes mess of harassment, hate and misinformation. While Twitter arguably already meets that description with existing levels of moderation in place, advertisers are watching for any major shifts in the kind of content allowed on the platform and how it might adversely affect their brands.<\/p>\n<p>Musk might think this is an original idea, but Twitter already consults a trust and safety council to advise its product and policy decisions. The council \u2014 it\u2019s already called a council \u2014 consisted initially of 40 organizations and experts that advised it in challenging policy areas. That group served in more of an advisory capacity, and unlike with Meta\u2019s Oversight Board, it wasn\u2019t designed to create binding decisions.<\/p>\n<p>First announced in 2016, Twitter expanded the entity in 2020 to form groups dedicated to specific difficult topics, including safety and online harassment, digital rights, child sexual exploitation and suicide prevention. \u201cA lot of what we currently do, such as ongoing meetings with NGOs, activists and other organizations is always part of our process, but we haven\u2019t done enough to share that externally,\u201d Twitter wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Musk has something more like the Oversight Board in mind when it comes to content moderation decision making, but everything from the people who wind up serving on a hypothetical council to the nature of the group\u2019s impact is likely to be controversial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he\u2019s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he\u2019ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions. 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