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X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here
In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.
For instance, last year the company changed its policies on hate speech, which previously covered misgendering and deadnaming, and rolled back its rules around Covid-19 misinformation in November of 2022. And while the report indicates that many of the takedowns are algorithmic, she notes that with fewer staff, “automated systems might not be audited as regularly as they should.” This, says Skeadas, is particularly important for “human rights defenders, journalists, women, protected demographics, race, ethnic, religious, minority groups. Over the summer, Musk refused to remove accounts that the Brazilian government said had spread misinformation about the security of the country’s elections, causing the platform to be suspended in Brazil for several weeks.
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