Set as Homepage - Add to Favorites

【The Smiths (2010) Porn Movie】

Source：Miracle Information Network Editor：Deals Time：2025-06-26 04:02:09

Elon Musk's crusade to buy Twitter and,The Smiths (2010) Porn Movie well, crusades in general, have a lot in common: Nobody asked for them.

On Tuesday, Musk made an offer to buy Twitterfor $41 billion and take the public company private. The attempted takeover is in the name of increasing "freedom of speech" on the platform. Musk did his own "research" on freedom of speech issues on Twitter — in the form of a Twitter poll.

As Musk explained in a TED Talks interview, he thinks Twitter needs to be more sparing in both its content moderation and the people it suspends or bans for violating rules.

You May Also Like

"If in doubt, let the speech exist," Musk said, before also adding "I don't have all the answers here."

The thing is, research shows that most Americans, on both sides of the aisle, disagree. A new working paper of a studyfrom MIT and Yale researchers found that 80 percent of Americans think social media companies should take action to reduce the spread of misinformation. While that includes both democrats and republicans, even 68 percent of republicans agree with that view.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

"Our data suggests that [Musk's views] are not representative," David Rand, an MIT professor of management science and one of the study's co-authors, said. "A lot of people in Silicon Valley have this kind of maybe libertarian, extreme free speech orientation that I don't think is in line with actually how most Americans and social media platform users think about things."

The study surveyed 4,900 Americans on their opinions about content moderation on social media. They asked about whether platforms should moderate misinformation generally, but also asked about one specific case of content moderation: QAnon. It turns out that even with a relatively partisan case of misinformation, there is still bi-partisan support for cleaning up social media: 52.5 percent of people identified as "Strong Republicans" agreed that companies should "try to reduce the spread of the QAnon conspiracy theory on their platforms." 

"A concern that often comes up when you talk about enforcement on misinformation is like, okay, great, nobody wants misinformation, but people really disagree about what's misinformation," Rand said. "And I think that's actually overstated. There's actually much less partisan disagreement [on what qualifies as misinformation] than you might think."

SEE ALSO: Once again, there is no 'anti-conservative' bias on social media

Other studies have shown that the public thinks social media companies should bear the responsibility for misinformation spreading on their platforms, and a 2021 Pew surveyfound that there was rising support among the public for the idea that the government should intervene to reduce the spread of misinformation online. But the new MIT paper asks specifically about the action social media companies should take, and found bipartisan support for this type of content moderation.

While the study, drawn from data gathered using the online market research tool Lucid, has not been published or peer reviewed yet, other researchers view its findings as sound. Jonathan Nagler, the co-director of NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics, said it was a "good study," though he viewed sampling several thousand people, rather than tensof thousands, as a "limitation." Still, Nagler echoed the disconnect between Musk's "freedom of speech" views, and apparently that of the public.

"Most of the public thinks it's a good idea to get misinformation off of platforms," Nagler said. "Freedom of speech problems are a little bit in the eye of the beholder."

Topics X/Twitter Politics

Previous：NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 18: Tips to solve Connections #237

Next：NYT Connections hints and answers for May 10: Tips to solve 'Connections' #699.

Related Articles
Related Recommendations
Categories
Latest Articles
Popular Articles
Hot Recommendations
Featured Column

Quick Links

Get Out of the VanDon’t Let People Enjoy ThingsThing UntweetableMarket ValuesNYT mini crossword answers for May 26, 2025To Really Discover AmericaTo Really Discover AmericaMind Over MatterGhosts of Europe PastThe Business of CrueltyThe FBI: A Love StoryThe Spectacular DesertTwentieth-Century ManThe Moral Order of PaneraIn the Hands of Angry GodsZuck’s New ScamThe Terrorist Next DoorPuerto Rico Was ReadyProgressive PosturingHome/work Where Are They Now? Part One The Morning News Roundup for July 31, 2014 Read Everywhere by The Paris Review A Lack of Chemistry Read Everywhere with The Paris Review and LRB Field of Dreams Recognition Cory Arcangel’s Working on My Novel The Morning News Roundup for August 6, 2014 The Morning News Roundup for August 19, 2014 A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products Is This the End for Silly Putty? Quivering with Pride by Sadie Stein David Lynch, Hiding in Plain Sight The Morning News Roundup for August 11, 2014 What We’re Loving: Algiers, Aliens, Adulthood by The Paris Review To Serve and Protect The Morning News Roundup for August 22, 2014 Deborah S. Pease, 1943–2014 The Morning News Roundup for Monday, August 25, 2014

2.0754s , 8224.015625 kb

Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【The Smiths (2010) Porn Movie】,Miracle Information Network  

Sitemap

Top

Quick Links