Grave concerns have been raised by Australia's 'e Safety Commissioner', what ever the fuck that is, and she's taken the sword up and has actually writen a letter to Elon.
Good job girl! I'm sure Elon will change his buisness plan to accomodate the terrible fear of 'hate speech'.
Why do people continue to do these vacuous things? Is it meerely to virtue signal for the organisation you work for to get ahead?
Drives me nuts but I'm curious as to the psychology behind it...
(Article on ABC Aus news site. ABC is heavily left wing/diversity/CRT from top to bottom.)
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Australia's e-Safety comissioner Julie Inman-Grant and Twitter chief executive Elon Musk.(Composite: ABC/Reuters)
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Australia's eSafety Commissioner says Twitter is in for a "bumpy ride" under Elon Musk and has written to the self-dubbed "chief twit", expressing concern about the new direction of the social media platform.
The billionaire tech mogul is preparing to overhaul some of the platform's key policies, including around content moderation and verification.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant — who previously worked in policy and safety at Twitter — told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday that the move could jeopardise safety online, and allow misinformation to flourish.
"If the first week of the chief twit's tenure is any indication, I think they have a bumpy ride ahead of them," Ms Inman Grant said.
"It's said that content moderation is not rocket science but in some ways it's more complex and nuanced than that."
The world's richest man has taken out more than $30 billion in loans to buy Twitter, and already sacked thousands of staff, including some in Australia.
e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is keen to protect online safety and minimise misinformation.(ABC News: Adam Kennedy)
Greens' senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, said she was worried about the ramifications the lay-offs could have for safety.
Ms Inman Grant agreed that she was concerned about the new direction of Twitter, particularly when the company had difficulty keeping up with content moderation before its sale.
"Either people are going to have to do two or three people's jobs or things are going to inevitably fall through the cracks, and that's a grave concern," she said.
"This is a complex operational eco-system, so we need to know that we have people [who] we can interface [with] here and [who] are looking after Australians' concerns and providing those back to HQ," she said.
Twitter chief executive and Tesla founder Elon Musk is bent on overhauling the social media platform's key policies.(Reuters: NTB/Carina Johansen)
Ms Inman Grant wants clarification about whether Twitter would be recognising Australian laws, responding to regulatory requests and maintaining escalation paths.
Mr Musk has said he intends to scrap the "blue tick" verification system, in favour of a premium subscription service costing around $8 per month.
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Ms Inman Grant worked on the verification system in its infancy, and said it protected people in the public eye.
"It will be a total dog's breakfast if anyone can impersonate any individual, any agency, particularly when we expect it to be an official agency," she said.
"Not only will [it] not provide those protections, but I think it can open the platform up to much more malfeasance, impersonation and fake accounts and, possibly, state-sponsored information operations as well.
"We need more safety reinforcement, not less, and it makes everyone on the platform vulnerable."
Good job girl! I'm sure Elon will change his buisness plan to accomodate the terrible fear of 'hate speech'.
Why do people continue to do these vacuous things? Is it meerely to virtue signal for the organisation you work for to get ahead?
Drives me nuts but I'm curious as to the psychology behind it...
(Article on ABC Aus news site. ABC is heavily left wing/diversity/CRT from top to bottom.)
Australia's eSafety commissioner writes to Elon Musk concerned about Twitter's direction
By political reporter Jake LaphamPosted 3h ago3 hours ago, updated 2h ago2 hours ago
Australia's e-Safety comissioner Julie Inman-Grant and Twitter chief executive Elon Musk.(Composite: ABC/Reuters)
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Australia's eSafety Commissioner says Twitter is in for a "bumpy ride" under Elon Musk and has written to the self-dubbed "chief twit", expressing concern about the new direction of the social media platform.
Key points:
- Elon Musk has foreshadowed an overhaul of key policies on Twitter
- Australia's eSafety Commissioner says it could allow misinformation to flourish
- She has written to Musk clarifying that Australia's cyberspace laws will be complied with
The billionaire tech mogul is preparing to overhaul some of the platform's key policies, including around content moderation and verification.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant — who previously worked in policy and safety at Twitter — told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday that the move could jeopardise safety online, and allow misinformation to flourish.
"If the first week of the chief twit's tenure is any indication, I think they have a bumpy ride ahead of them," Ms Inman Grant said.
"It's said that content moderation is not rocket science but in some ways it's more complex and nuanced than that."
The world's richest man has taken out more than $30 billion in loans to buy Twitter, and already sacked thousands of staff, including some in Australia.
e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is keen to protect online safety and minimise misinformation.(ABC News: Adam Kennedy)
Greens' senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, said she was worried about the ramifications the lay-offs could have for safety.
Ms Inman Grant agreed that she was concerned about the new direction of Twitter, particularly when the company had difficulty keeping up with content moderation before its sale.
"Either people are going to have to do two or three people's jobs or things are going to inevitably fall through the cracks, and that's a grave concern," she said.
"This is a complex operational eco-system, so we need to know that we have people [who] we can interface [with] here and [who] are looking after Australians' concerns and providing those back to HQ," she said.
Twitter chief executive and Tesla founder Elon Musk is bent on overhauling the social media platform's key policies.(Reuters: NTB/Carina Johansen)
Ms Inman Grant wants clarification about whether Twitter would be recognising Australian laws, responding to regulatory requests and maintaining escalation paths.
Mr Musk has said he intends to scrap the "blue tick" verification system, in favour of a premium subscription service costing around $8 per month.
Elon Musk has taken on eye-watering debt to buy Twitter
The world's richest man has taken out more than $30 billion in loans to buy Twitter — a relatively unprofitable social media website many have idealised as being a "global town square".
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Ms Inman Grant worked on the verification system in its infancy, and said it protected people in the public eye.
"It will be a total dog's breakfast if anyone can impersonate any individual, any agency, particularly when we expect it to be an official agency," she said.
"Not only will [it] not provide those protections, but I think it can open the platform up to much more malfeasance, impersonation and fake accounts and, possibly, state-sponsored information operations as well.
"We need more safety reinforcement, not less, and it makes everyone on the platform vulnerable."
