I’m curious if X will manage to build up the moderation tools and automation without rehiring as many moderators as they used to have. Looking at the requirements, some of those challenging - preventing fast dissemination of illegal content.
Does it? Because I've seen it used to spread all sorts of bullshit, including against Musk/X.
One case that comes to my mind when Musk wanted to make blocking to work the same as muting, and the false claim of it being against Apple's App Store rules was added as context.
I can't find an English source here and the original is paywalled, but from a German article (https://www.heise.de/news/Leak-Leugnung-des-Holocaust-und-me...) summarizing the original reporting comes the following example of a tweet that is allegedly allowed now:
> Next stop on our tour across Poland is Auschwitz. For Jews this is the last stop, please exit and take your luggage with you.
It also mentions that threats of physical are no longer a reason for suspending accounts.
Of course many platforms wouldn't want such content on their platform, but there is also a vocal portion of people who have long called for platforms to behave more like town halls or public plazas, letting public discourse run uncensored as long as it isn't illegal. That's exactly what Musk seems to be doing
Do you feel some jokes are too offensive to be said? Do you feel the EU/UK are correct in their stance that offensive (aka hateful) jokes should be illegal?
Context matters.
It's not calling for violence, it's not denying the holocaust (quite the oposite), so why would it be illegal?
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1) Whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards", would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest
2) Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law
3) Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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Something can only be deemed obscene if it meets all 3 criteria, which courts tend to interpret pretty rigidly. For instance, an average person is not the most sensitive or politically correct person. Of course it also somewhat amusingly emphasizes the cultural differences. Creative use of a nipple and some mayonnaise might be deemed as obscenity, while a graphic decapitation could not.
I won't say it happens particularly often, but we do charge people in the UK for posting offensive jokes. Hell, you can be charged for saying something factually true if it's offensive in the UK.