The Bird is Caged: Elon Musk Commits to ‘Combat Hate’ After ADL Threatens ‘Dire Consequences’ For Replatforming ‘Far-Right’
November 3, 2022 in News by RBN Staff
Musk pledges Twitter “will continue to combat hate and harassment” after speaking with ADL and far-left “civil society leaders”
Chris Menahan
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday announced that he talked with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and other “civil society leaders” about how Twitter “will continue to combat hate and harassment” and will “not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on” the site without “a clear process for doing so.”
“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,” Musk said.
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 will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks,” he said in a follow-up tweet.
Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
The ADL on Monday threatened Musk with “dire consequences” if he replatformed “dangerous individuals” like Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Andrew Tate, and David Duke.
Musk’s stated goal to restore free speech to Twitter has now been abandoned.
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