{"id":5505,"date":"2022-04-26T17:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/could-elon-musks-twitter-plans-prove-a-costly-mistake\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:36:32","slug":"could-elon-musks-twitter-plans-prove-a-costly-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/could-elon-musks-twitter-plans-prove-a-costly-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter plans prove a costly mistake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analysis: Experts warn against reinstating banned accounts and neglecting moderation<\/p>\n

Welcome back Donald Trump<\/a>, Katie Hopkins, David Icke and Alex Jones? These are just some of the Twitter accounts that could be reinstated if the platform\u2019s new owner-in-waiting, \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d Elon Musk, practices what he preaches.<\/p>\n

All of those accounts have been permanently suspended from the platform for infractions that include, most notoriously, the former US president\u2019s alleged support for the Capitol riot on 6 January last year. Their reinstatement now appears to be back in play given that the world\u2019s richest man has agreed a $44bn (\u00a335bn) takeover<\/a> of the platform that banned them and has stated that \u201cfree speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nAnalysis: Experts warn against reinstating banned accounts and neglecting moderation
\nWelcome back Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins, David Icke and Alex Jones? These are just some of the Twitter accounts that could be reinstated if the platform\u2019s new owner-in-waiting, \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d Elon Musk, practices what he preaches.
\nAll of those accounts have been permanently suspended from the platform for infractions that include, most notoriously, the former US president\u2019s alleged support for the Capitol riot on 6 January last year. Their reinstatement now appears to be back in play given that the world\u2019s richest man has agreed a $44bn (\u00a335bn) takeover of the platform that banned them and has stated that \u201cfree speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Analysis: Experts warn against reinstating banned accounts and neglecting moderation Welcome back Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins, David Icke and Alex Jones? These are just some of the Twitter accounts that could be reinstated if the platform\u2019s new owner-in-waiting, \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d Elon Musk, practices what he preaches. All of those accounts have been permanently suspended …<\/p>\n

Could Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter plans prove a costly mistake?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}