Musk Tweets Unconfirmed Rumors of Attacking Pelosi’s Husband, Then Deletes It

THE Elon Musk fueled a rumor today about an attack on the husband of the Democratic speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, as the eccentric billionaire’s takeover of the platform stoked fears of a resurgence of misinformation on the social network.

“There is a small chance that appearances can be deceiving,” the billionaire tweeted earlier in reference to the attack on Paul Pelosi, posting a link from the conservative Santa Monica Observer website, which spread unverified information about the attack on Pelosi. However, it caused a lot of negative comments, so Elon Musk decided to delete it a little later. Musk was reacting to a tweet by the former Democratic candidate for the US presidency, Hillary Clinton, which criticized the conspiracy theories promoted by the Republican Party.

“Clinton: conspiracy theories are responsible for killing people and we shouldn’t promote them. Twitter owner: but have you heard of this conspiracy theory?” summarized Seth Muskett, a political science professor at the University of Denver, who pointed out that Musk’s tweet is inappropriate for the social network.

Paul Pelosi was attacked at his home on Friday by a man with a hammer who was actually looking for Nancy Pelosi. Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken to a San Francisco hospital where he underwent surgery for a fractured skull and an injury to his right hand. Doctors said he is expected to make a full recovery.

The capricious boss of Tesla and SpaceX, who presents himself as a preacher of freedom of expression, has repeatedly asserted that he wants to make Twitter a kind of digital marketplace, where all opinions are free to express themselves. However, seeking to reassure his advertisers, Elon Musk promised after acquiring Twitter that he would provide the platform with a “content moderation board”.

“Over the past 48 hours, we’ve seen a small number of accounts post a barrage of tweets containing profanity and other offensive language,” Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of security and integrity, said Saturday.

“To give you an idea of ​​the scale: more than 50,000 tweets making a particular insult came from just 300 accounts,” he added, clarifying that the vast majority were fake accounts.

Roth reiterated that “hate speech has no place” on Twitter, as its moderation policy had not “changed” and that the company was taking steps to “stop any organized effort to make people believe otherwise.”

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