Ye might have crossed the line by using a swastika, but you can't blame other Nazi apologists.
Musk personally intervention after the artist formerly known as West shared the symbol. Musk responded to the alarm that was raised about West by saying that he tried his best. He again violated our rule against inciting violence. There will be a suspension of the account.
West shared a picture on Truth Social that shows he was only suspended for a short time. West's account was suspended as of 1PM on Friday.
West talked about his antisemitic beliefs in an interview with Alex Jones hours before he was suspended. When Jones gave him a chance to backtrack, West was wearing a full mask on the show.
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, who was banned from the site in 2015, re-appeared on the site with a new account. In a reply to Musk, the author of The Daily Stormer asked about the new rules. People will follow the rules even though Ye was suspended for 12 hours for posting a Star of David with a swastika on it. We don't have to know what the rules are.
Anglin was de-platformed from the broader internet when companies provided The Daily Stormer's services. The push against the site came after the Unite the Right rally in Virginia raised alarm about a rising tide of open white supremacy in the U.S.
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Fans welcomed him back to the platform. The account with the obvious reference to white supremacy was checking in for duty. Neo-Nazi and white supremacist accounts criticized Musk for his actions.
Richard Spencer is getting a boost from Musk. Spencer is a verified user of the social media site who pays for a monthly subscription. Spencer is promoting a space on the social networking site.
The company's new owner seems to be winging it when it comes to the company's policy against hate. Musk conducted a poll of his followers and later declared "amnesty" for any accounts that have not broken the law. There were thousands of accounts that were restored to the platform after that decision was made.
Musk's approach to moderation is not likely to scale. When he took over at the company, the billionaire CEO slashed the moderation team. He lost the Global Head of Trust & Safety YoelRoth who helped steer the company through many of its thorniest policy decisions. There is no longer a need for me in my role, doing what I do, if my role is to be ruled by dictatorial rather than policy.
Musk is relying on unscientific polls to set the platform's rules, even though he promised a policy-making council. White supremacists and other extremists encouraged their supporters to vote in Musk's "amnesty" poll on Telegram.
One Telegram channel with thousands of followers warned their followers not to make it easy for them when they returned to the social network.
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