Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’
Al JazeeraMAY 2023
The Spin
Narrative A
While moderation is still happening on Twitter, there is plenty of evidence that hate speech is on the rise under Elon Musk's leadership. Neo-Nazi users and QAnon conspiracy theorists have been reinstated on the platform, and there has been an unmatched surge in anti-Semitic tweets and slurs as well as increased activity in accounts affiliated with the Islamic State. This must be urgently addressed.
Narrative B
Media and political elites around the world have long indicated that they would target Elon Musk if he worked to establish Twitter as a free-speech platform and roll back Orwellian content-moderation policies. All this talk about moderating undefinable "hate speech" and tackling misinformation is merely the woke establishment trying to censor those who do not align with its views.