{"id":1745101,"date":"2022-11-19T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745101"},"modified":"2022-11-19T11:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:17:52","slug":"elon-musk-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-on-mean-tweets-meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-on-mean-tweets-meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Faces Backlash Over New Policy On Mean Tweets: \u2018Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-on-mean-tweets-meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk faced questions and backlash Friday in response to a new policy centered around policing mean tweets on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Musk has faced pressure from advertisers, activists, and other entities to moderate content on the platform while he simultaneously has made drastic reductions in the company\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cNegative\/hate tweets will be max deboosted &#038; demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won\u2019t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaval,\u201d a highly popular Twitter account with nearly 2 million followers, responded to Musk\u2019s tweet by writing: \u201cFreedom of speech means Twitter not putting its thumb on the scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another popular Twitter account, \u201cI,Hypocrite\u201d responded, \u201cWhat a disappointment this guy is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe very concept of deboosting should not even exist because there shouldn\u2019t be an algorithm on twitter,\u201d I,Hypocrite tweeted. \u201cYour timeline should just show the tweets that are posted in the order they are posted. Period. Don\u2019t like it? Block\/unfollow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a disappointment this guy is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 I,Hypocrite (@lporiginalg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lporiginalg\/status\/1593707999574765569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporter Zack Budryk tweeted, \u201cYou paid this guy $8 to make shadowbanning real LMAO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I attack the supreme leader of Iran is that considered a \u2018negative\/hate\u2019 tweet?\u201d journalist Yashar Ali tweeted. \u201cHow will the system tell the difference?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeet the new boss, same as the old boss,\u201d law professor Orin Kerr responded.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tweeted, \u201cWill it be transparent? Will it be according to a published policy? Will we know when it\u2019s happening? If not, how is this any different from the old twitter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOk how is this any different than the previous policy?\u201d conservative political commentator Allie Beth Stuckey tweeted. \u201cPeople\u2019s tweets suppressed because a biased rando at twitter thinks a tweet is mean or mad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk announced in a subsequent tweet that he was restoring the account belonging to\u00a0DailyWire+ host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jordan-peterson-restored-to-twitter-by-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Peterson<\/a> and restoring the account belonging to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-restores-the-babylon-bees-twitter-account-let-that-sink-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Babylon Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also reinstated\u00a0the account of comedian Kathy Griffin, who was permanently banned after impersonating Musk from her Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said that a decision was forthcoming about whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-purge-continues-hundreds-of-twitter-employees-resign-over-musks-extremely-hardcore-ultimatum-report-says\">The Purge Continues: Hundreds Of Twitter Employees Resign Over Musk\u2019s \u2018Extremely Hardcore\u2019 Ultimatum, Report Says<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk faced questions and backlash Friday in response to a new policy centered around policing mean tweets on the social media platform. 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