X Ad Sales Down $1.5B
Elon Musk's X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is on track to bring in roughly $1.5 billion less advertising revenue in 2023 than prior years, according to people familiar with the matter.
The previously unreported sales figures underscore with greater clarity advertisers' unease with how X is handling content moderation under Musk, and in particular the new owner's posts that amplify antisemitic and other extremist views.
X to Hire 100 Content Moderators After Firing Them 2 Years Ago
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Over 120,000 views of a video showing a boy being sexually assaulted. A recommendation engine suggesting that a user follow content related to exploited children. Users continually posting abusive material, delays in taking it down when it is detected, and friction with organizations that police it. All since Elon Musk declared that "removing child exploitation is priority #1" in a Tweet in late November.After Musk took the reins in late October, Twitter largely eliminated staff experienced with the problem and failed to prevent the spread of abusive images previously identified by the authorities. Twitter also stopped paying for detection software considered key to its efforts. All the while, people on dark-web forums discuss how Twitter remains a platform where they can easily find the material while avoiding detection.
While Twitter has removed many accounts and hashtags sharing child abuse content, the response time to remove accounts and Tweets that have been reported for sharing child absue content has doubled.
Since Elon Musk took over X in 2022, he turned the platform into a lightning rod for criticism, mostly involving the spread of misinformation and hate speech. But critics have also said the site facilitates the spread of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse. Musk has fired thousands of employees since taking the reins of the social media platform, including hundreds of content moderators.
X is now in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting child abuse content, a goal it hopes to complete by the end of the year. The company announced the new "Trust and Safety center of excellence" ahead of a U.S. Senate hearing scheduled for January 31st about online child sexual exploitation in which Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino is scheduled to testify.
Judge Tosses X's Suit Against Hate Speech Watchdog
On Monday, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk's X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform. In a blistering 52-page order, the judge blasted X's case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform's security and legal rights.
"Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation," wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order's opening lines. "Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose."
Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform.
Originally posted by Robtard
Mush wants Twitter/X to be about free speech, as long as he agrees with what is being said.Which is fine imo, as he owns the business, just be open about it. White Supremacist hateful talking points = Good. Challenging those hateful White supremacist talking points = Bad.
Funny how these points are made up whole cloth.
But anti-zionism is anti-semetic speech amiright?
Re: Judge Tosses X's Suit Against Hate Speech Watchdog
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
On Monday, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk's X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform. In a blistering 52-page order, the judge blasted X's case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform's security and legal rights."Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation," wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order's opening lines. "Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose."
Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform.
Haha f*ck him and every retard swinging from his dick
Originally posted by Robtard
Mush wants Twitter/X to be about free speech, as long as he agrees with what is being said.Which is fine imo, as he owns the business, just be open about it. White Supremacist hateful talking points = Good. Challenging those hateful White supremacist talking points = Bad.
That is why he fired Don Lemon after a single interview. He is pathetic.
I didn't watch the full interview, only saw a clip or two. I probably should watch the full thing.
But basically as soon as the interview was over, Musk called off the deal they made for Lemon to be on X and tip the political scale there slightly more center. Musk be like, "hmm.. nah, on second thought let's not have actual journalism on X."