Mike Masnick ✅Dec 16, 2022

Talking to former Twitter trust & safety folks... and they note that *normally* under existing policy, accounts are supposed to get strikes for violating policy, not be immediately permabanned.

Remember how Elon said no content moderation policies have changed?

Well, I'd say... that's changed.

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Dec 16, 2022
@mmasnick I mean, none of that matters, because Elmo isn't suspending accounts for policy violations. He's suspending accounts because he wants to. And he totally has the right to do that. It's his toy, he owns it. He even has the right to lie about it, there's no law that says he has to tell the truth about why he does what he does on Twitter.
Show threaddragonfrogDec 16, 2022
@jik @mmasnick FTC consent decree says otherwise.
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47
@dragonfrog @mmasnick well I hope you're right and I hope the FTC puts him through a world of pain.
Dec 16, 2022 at 3:32amWeb