Twitter Chief Elon Musk said Tuesday he spoke with several civil society leaders from the Anti-Defamation League, The Asian American Foundation, the NAACP, and more, about how the social media giant will enforce its election integrity policies ahead of the midterms, noting the company will continue combatting "hate & harassment."
Musk also said he's exploring a process for allowing users who have been de-platformed back on, though acknowledged it will not happen prior to Nov. 8.
"Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on the platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he said in a thread. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence."
Talked to civil society leaders @JGreenblattADL, @YaelEisenstat, @rashadrobinson, @JGo4Justice, @normanlschen, @DerrickNAACP, @TheBushCenter Ken Hersch & @SindyBenavides about how Twitter will continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Musks' comments came in response to Yoel Roth, head of safety and integrity at Twitter, who stated the company is "staying vigilant against attempts to manipulate conversations about the 2022 US midterms." Roth shared a report from the Election Integrity Partnership, an allegedly non-partisan coalition that tracks and combats misinformation on social media. That write-up detailed why Twitter suspended six pro-Republican and pro-Democratic networks that appeared to be operating within the U.S. but were likely based in China and Iran. All allegedly sought to influence the midterm elections.
Conservatives, however, were quick to remind Musk that the people still in charge at Twitter do not appear to be as committed to objectivity as he is, nor are the "civil society leaders" he is engaging with.
Oh. It’s not just me. https://t.co/1XjeS89gV7
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) November 2, 2022
I don't believe you. You are too biased to trust... pic.twitter.com/iCnnr2HmbX
— jook13.eth (@jook132) November 2, 2022
These are all leftists. “The Bush Center” is just thrown in there so he can say, “see, I included a conservative”
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 2, 2022
Radical groups with extreme political bias?
— ELIJAH (@ElijahSchaffer) November 2, 2022
Umm mistake. Unless you want more of the same for twitter.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 2, 2022
The Left that supports mass censorship of their political opponents certainly seem well-represented here!
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 2, 2022
Townhall's Katie Pavlich also offered to help Musk develop a more balanced list.
As editor for one of the largest conservative news sites in America who has covered politics and elections for over a decade, I’m happy to help you round out this list.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 2, 2022
If he continues down this path, conservative hopes of a new, freer Twitter will turn out to have been extremely short-lived.