2024-04-17 06:28:19
The social network As elDiario.es learned, the suspensions occurred without prior notice or explanation from the platform about the violations that resulted from the block, apparently.
Among the affected media outlets is the account of the delegation of the Balearic Islands elDiario.es, that of Onda Cero in the same autonomous community or the Aragonese media AraInfo. Their profiles were deactivated around 9:30 pm and were not accessible early Wednesday.
Researcher Mariluz Congosto and activist Javier Barriuso have also been suspended. The two were famous for their work in exposing manipulative maneuvers on the social network and pointing out the knives of automated accounts that intervene in XI conversations with this medium, the two showed that Elon Musk’s platform has not after informing them of the reasons for the action.
The barriers were expanded with accounts such as the accounts of the mathematician Ana Bayes, the account of the computer engineer specialized in Artificial Intelligence Sara Robisco or the accounts of the lawyer and social housing activist Blanca Molto. Other users they reported that X also deactivated the university and secondary education teachers’ profiles.
elDiario.es has contacted X to ask questions about the reasons for these measures. The platform did not respond to the request, as it has done with every request from the press since Musk took control of the company in the fall of 2022 and fired the entire communications department.
In that major job cut, the magnate also ordered the termination of nearly all of the content moderation team. This activity is now done using AI, leaving users unprotected against obstacles like those made by X this week. “X is the antithesis of what a social network should be,” criticized the former director of algorithmic ethics.
The situation has also led to an increase in misinformation and extremist content, multiple social organizations and online speech research labs have said. Musk even took several NGOs to court, denying that they intended to drive advertisers awayand reduce the company’s revenue. The judge dismissed his lawsuit, which he described as “an attempt at censorship.”
After issuing several notices to Musk to act to reverse this trend, the European Commission opened an infringement process against X in December, which has not yet resulted in any concrete action.
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