Twitter is not about to hurry into large content material coverage adjustments now that Elon Musk owns the corporate. Musk has announced that the social community will type a moderation council with members holding “widely diverse viewpoints.” There will not be any “major” content material selections or ban reversals till that council meets, the entrepreneur says.

Musk hasn’t named council members or supplied a timeline for the council’s creation. We’ve requested Twitter if it will probably touch upon the technique or present extra particulars, and we’ll let you recognize if we hear extra.

The Tesla chief has vowed to make substantial adjustments to Twitter’s moderation coverage, reminiscent of enjoyable the general guidelines and limiting everlasting bans on individuals like Donald Trump. However, the council plans counsel Musk may take a while to implement a brand new strategy, and will delegate not less than a number of the duty. He just lately tried to reassure advertisers that Twitter will not grow to be a “free-for-all hellscape” the place advertisements run alongside horrific posts.

This is not to say Musk is avoiding all swift selections. He has already fired a number of executives, together with coverage head Vijaya Gadde. Musk reportedly knowledgeable rank-and-file employees that he will not lay off as many individuals as feared, however he is nonetheless anticipated to chop jobs in comparatively brief order. Tesla engineers are believed to be serving to with a code evaluate that would result in technical revisions.

If and when the council arrives, critics will probably be watching it intently. Conservatives have lengthy accused Twitter of silencing right-wing viewpoints, and have gone as far as to enact state legal guidelines that pressure social networks to hold extra content material. Others, nonetheless, have rejected the claims and contended that sturdy moderation is critical to stop hate speech and misinformation from gaining traction. A moderation panel theoretically addresses each side of the controversy, however its effectiveness is much from established at this stage.