X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped in to remove a pro-Hitler post in an apparent divergence from Elon Musk's 'free speech absolutism'
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino helped get a viral pro-Hitler tweet taken down, The Information reported. Hate speech has risen on X since Elon Musk's takeover.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped in to remove a pro-Hitler post::X CEO Linda Yaccarino helped get a viral pro-Hitler tweet taken down, The Information reported. Hate speech has risen on X since Elon Musk’s takeover.

  • wildcardology@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1071·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t read the article but they need the CEO to remove a pro-Hitler post? Nobody else can do it?

    • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      56·
      1 year ago

      Yes, it shouldn’t take a C-suite level decision to remove content praising Hitler and the Holocaust. The fact that it does suggests there is major disfunction in X/Twitter’s approach to content moderation, which the article hints at but doesn’t really explain.