If you pay Twitter, your account will be approved and your messages, even if they are hateful, priority will be given for him algorithm to reach a much wider audience. And the thing is, social network managed by Elon Musk does not delete 99% of tweets racists And homophobes it might be paying users and boosting them instead.
That’s according to a study by the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit dedicated to fighting digital hate. digital hateIn an experiment he denounced, radical messages Over a hundred Twitter Blue subscribers. Reported tweets contained messages neonazis, antisemitsxenophobic and rejecting the LGTB community, some even “Hitler He was right,” implying that homosexuals should be shot.
Posting such content violates Twitter’s own moderation policies, which prohibit “direct attacks on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, social caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, disability or illness.” However, the platform did not respond to CCDH’s complaints, allowing these messages to continue to circulate and attract attention.
In a study published at the end of March, the same group disclosed that homophobic speech on Twitter has skyrocketed 119% since Musk took control in October last year. He also pointed out that the social network profits from these hateful attitudes as it monetizes the increase in the activity of provocative accounts. digital advertising.
Musk pushes radicals
In recent months, Musk has fired a large portion of his Twitter team dedicated to monitoring posted content to make sure they don’t break the rules. The billionaire businessman also lifted the restriction disinformationUnblocked accounts of known propagandists. extreme right and increased his popularity by constantly interacting with them, even giving wings to all kinds of things. scams. Last weekend, it unilaterally abandoned its rules of good practice. European Union (EU) against disinformation on the internet.
To counter Twitter’s bad economic situation, Musk introduced a subscription plan that gives benefits to users who check-out. One is to increase the reach of your messages, which stands out from other users who are no longer paying. Experts have pointed out that for months, all kinds of misinformation givers have signed up to Twitter Blue to spread their messages much faster. This has led to an increase in hate speech within the platform, messages that can have real consequences and turn into physical violence against victims.