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Social media content contributes to radicalisation: Twitter executive
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IANS | 11 Jun, 2019
Radicalisation in the digital
era is not new, but now one of Twitter's key executives has said that
there's "no doubt" that social media content, in some cases, contributes
to radicalisation.
Vijaya Gadde, Legal, Public Policy &
Trust and Safety Lead at Twitter, said the organisation has policies in
place to combat such content, the Vox has reported.
Currently,
social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others,
are battling challenges as to how to deal with hate speech and
disinformation on their respective platforms.
"I think there is
content on Twitter and every (social media) platform that contributes to
radicalisation, no doubt," Vijaya Gadde was quoted as saying by the
Vox.
Many have criticised the micro-blogging firm for moving too
slowly, particularly in removing white supremacist content. Its progress
has been slow, according to reports.
Twitter had said last
month that it was conducting an in-house research to decide whether
racism-promoting white supremacists should be allowed to stay on its
platform.
While the app has had a troubled history with white
supremacists on its platform, it wondered if open conversation would be
more effective than bans.
The social media platform has also faced allegations in the past that it was biased against conservative voices.
In
yet another attack on Twitter, US President Donald Trump on Sunday
tweeted his support for conservative voices banned from the
micro-blogging platform.
"Twitter should let the banned
Conservative Voices back onto their platform, without restriction. It's
called Freedom of Speech, remember. You are making a Giant Mistake!" the
US President had tweeted.
In early May, Trump came out in
support of right-wing personalities, including conspiracy theorist Alex
Jones and long-time Trump adviser Roger Stone.
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