Elon Musk says Twitter interfered with elections before he took over

Prior to his takeover, the obvious reality was that Twitter interfered with elections through its content moderation policies, according to Elon Musk.

Musk made a bold statement in response to comments made by Yoel Roth, Twitter's former head of trust and safety, who stated that the social media platform was not safer under Tesla CEO's leadership. Roth was speaking at the Knight Foundation conference on Tuesday, when he explained why he resigned from Twitter, accusing Musk of running the company like a dictator.

One of my limits was if Twitter would be ruled by a dictatorial edict rather than by policy. Roth said that there is no longer a need for me in my role to do what I do.

As head of trust and safety, Roth was responsible for key content moderation decisions including banning former President Donald Trump from the platform and suppressing the New York Post's coverage of Hunter Biden's laptop story. His decision to leave the company was part of a mass exodus of Twitter employees who left over disagreements with Musk's free-speech absolutist vision or were laid off in harsh cost-cutting measures enforced by the billionaire.

TWITTER Twitter's content moderation policies have been harshly criticized by free speech advocates, particularly on the right, who have accused the company of enforcing its rules against conservatives in a one-sided manner. In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story was believed by many conservatives to have been motivated by a desire to shield then-candidate Joe Biden from scrutiny over his family's foreign business dealings.

For the past 10 years, Twitter has lost trust in users and has shown that it is not safe. The past team of 'trust and safety' is a disgrace, so it doesn't have any right to judge what is being done now. One user commented on Reuters' coverage of Roth's remarks, saying they had a chance, but they sold their souls to a corporation.

Musk wrote a reply. As long-time users know, the obvious reality is that Twitter has failed to trust safety for a very long time and has interfered in elections. Musk stated that Twitter 2.0 will be more effective, transparent and even-handed, and didn't elaborate on how Twitter interfered in elections. There was no immediate response from Twitter to a request for comment.