Elon Musk’s Reckless Plan to Make Sex Pay on Twitter

As long as users flag it as sensitive media, depictions ofbodily fluids can be seen on the internet. The policy on violence against women seems to only apply to rape and sexual assault as opposed to consensual violence.

Adult content isn't restricted because it doesn't have guidelines. It was at all. At the time of writing this article, there are no policies limiting adult content on the platform if it is consensually produced, appropriately flagged as sensitive, and not included in more publicly visible areas. I don't include CSEM as "adult content" because it doesn't feature adults.

While it was never as hostile to sex workers as Meta was, it still maintains a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Even though it doesn't have a content policy, it suppresses adult content.

Most machine-learning software used by social media and search engines doesn't know how it's applied. The biases of the users are codified by the machine-learning algorithm. Sex workers are the most affected by this result, even if unintentionally. Shadowbanning is a practice in which certain users or content is artificially suppressed. Nudity by flesh-toned pixels is one of the ways thatInstagram flags nudity.

Musk's plan to monetize adult content makes sense from both a business and a social perspective. It will bring in more money for the social network. Sex work could be destigmatized if it were possible. There are no fears that the site would be turned into a porn site or a childporn site. If adult content is monetized correctly, it could help reduce the amount of CSEM on the social networking site.

In practice, Musk would either have to commit to more content moderation to ensure that CSEM is not on the site, or he would have to double down on the importance of expression with minimal moderation.

In order to make money from its subscription service, it will likely have to ban non-monetized adult content entirely, or require all users to provide age verification in order to prevent postings of or access to CSEM. All visual media will likely be surveilled more often.