“Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts provided they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” – Elon Musk asked users to answer this question on November 23-24.
72.4% voted in favor
Over three million votes were cast, as can be seen in the survey. Over 72 percent of them voted “yes”.
Musk announces this general amnesty for next week: “The people have spoken. The amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”
Just last week, a similar survey led to the activation of Donald Trump's account. ( HERE )
How representative is such a survey?
Not at all. There is no way at all to determine who voted here and how many votes may have been cast by automated accounts.
Clear the stage for super spreaders of hate
It is now feared that this decision will only benefit “super spreaders of hate, abuse and harassment”.
Angelo Carusone, president of US campaign group Media Matters, which monitors "conservative misinformation", said lifting the suspensions would turn Twitter into an "engine of radicalisation".
Imran Ahmed, managing director of CCDH, also considers the economic consequences of this decision.
“The choice for advertisers has never been clearer: either stick with it and support Elon Musk, or protect their brands and ensure their marketing dollars are not used to spread hate, abuse and disinformation.”
Fun fact “Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”
Elon Musk probably wants to express here that the voice of the people can be equated with the voice of God or at least has great significance.
The well-known quote is part of a somewhat longer sentence : "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere: 'Vox populi, vox Dei', cum tumultuositas vulgi semper insanię proxima sit." - This sentence appears in a letter with political advice from Alcuin to Charlemagne ( around 798).
For the non-Latins among us, here is the German translation: “You don’t have to listen to those who say, “The voice of the people, the voice of God,” since the noise of the mob always comes very close to madness.”
Seen in this way, this would be exactly that say the opposite.
Source:
Standard , The Guardian
Related: Twitter is falling apart
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