This isn't the "Gotcha!" you, and apparently the other people in this thread, think it is. Elon hasn't "backtracked" on anything in this case. He said the "hate speech" label applied to the video was a mistake, which was corrected. I don't know if it's a coincidence that the head of Twitter's Trust and Safety is now no longer with the company. It seems like incidents of censorship of Right-leaning figures are typically accompanied by another Twitter employee being promoted to customer.
If you're referring to this follow-up tweet, thats not a backtrack. Elon can support something, while simultaneously acknowledging that the video is considered "sensitive content" that won't be promoted by the algorithm. He can personally promote said content if he chooses to. Any argument about him supposedly "flip-flopping" holds no weight here. If any argument could be made, it's that referring to "What is a Woman?" as "sensitive content" is absolutely absurd in the face of what our children are being exposed to, and what is being done to them.
Lastly, I feel compelled to remind everyone here that it was never confirmed that Twitter agreed to promote "What is a Woman?"
A previous Tweet stated it was not going to anyone’s feeds unless they literally looked for it or follow Daily Wire, shadow banning the video. If him posting the video directly to his feed is not backtracking, I‘m not sure what is.
We’re updating the system tomorrow so that those who follow @realDailyWire will see this in their feed, but it won’t be recommended to non-followers (nor will any advertising be associated with it)
The system, or algorithm, won't promote the video. He never claimed it would. He also never said "I won't recommend this video."
If that’s the case, then Elon did not explain the situation clearly. It read like it was his decision to prevent it from being seen publicly and not a faulty system issue.
Twitter is a social media platform with millions of users across hundreds of nations, used by varying individuals and entities for an equally varying number of reasons. Twitter needs people in place to ensure everything they do complies with the laws and regulations of all these countries, and to ensure that it isn't being used to facilitate illegal activity.
This isn't the "Gotcha!" you, and apparently the other people in this thread, think it is. Elon hasn't "backtracked" on anything in this case. He said the "hate speech" label applied to the video was a mistake, which was corrected. I don't know if it's a coincidence that the head of Twitter's Trust and Safety is now no longer with the company. It seems like incidents of censorship of Right-leaning figures are typically accompanied by another Twitter employee being promoted to customer.
If you're referring to this follow-up tweet, thats not a backtrack. Elon can support something, while simultaneously acknowledging that the video is considered "sensitive content" that won't be promoted by the algorithm. He can personally promote said content if he chooses to. Any argument about him supposedly "flip-flopping" holds no weight here. If any argument could be made, it's that referring to "What is a Woman?" as "sensitive content" is absolutely absurd in the face of what our children are being exposed to, and what is being done to them.
Lastly, I feel compelled to remind everyone here that it was never confirmed that Twitter agreed to promote "What is a Woman?"
A previous Tweet stated it was not going to anyone’s feeds unless they literally looked for it or follow Daily Wire, shadow banning the video. If him posting the video directly to his feed is not backtracking, I‘m not sure what is.
The system, or algorithm, won't promote the video. He never claimed it would. He also never said "I won't recommend this video."
If that’s the case, then Elon did not explain the situation clearly. It read like it was his decision to prevent it from being seen publicly and not a faulty system issue.
Elon not being able to explain things clearly seems to be kinda his thing. He's a literal autist after all lol
It only reads like that to ignorant rightoids who think a CEO of a company as large as Twitter is going to micromanage everything all the time.
why does twitter even need a "trust and safety" team?
Twitter is a social media platform with millions of users across hundreds of nations, used by varying individuals and entities for an equally varying number of reasons. Twitter needs people in place to ensure everything they do complies with the laws and regulations of all these countries, and to ensure that it isn't being used to facilitate illegal activity.