Representatives of Facebook's independent Oversight Board have advice for Elon Musk as he decides the future of speech rules on Twitter. He should 'start with the principle of not doing harm,' they said.
but given an independent charter to provide independent review when users appeal the company's content moderation decisions.at Twitter representing "diverse" perspectives to advise on content policies.As Meta found out, when you move fast you sometimes break things," said Dex Hunter-Torricke, head of communications for the board.
"You can't piss off the advertisers" and constantly change your mind about the rules, said Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Prospect UK, a member of the Oversight Board and former editor of the Guardian. "It took Mark Zuckerberg 15 years to figure out he needed an independent group of experts to solve content moderation problems," Rusbridger said. "It took Elon Musk three days."
Hunter-Torricke said the Oversight Board was open to working with platforms other than Meta, and would welcome conversations with Musk.Musk has suggested he might restore former president Donald Trump's Twitter account, which was banned after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Meanwhile, Meta faces its own January deadline on whether to let former Trump back on its platform.
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