> Can you clarify why you think the new owners will look the other way at crimes being committed on their platform?
Because, put plainly: I don't think there's much reason to expect Musk to take them seriously.The previous management had only minimal capability to curb this behavior, or claimed they did, because of scale. They'd deal with cases that rose to the top, but not a lot more. Musk, on the other hand, is ideologically congruent with much of it, and there are no indications that his yelling about "free speech, especially for the right wing" comes with consequences or even minor disapproval for that speech when you use it to threaten to kill somebody.
I always wonder why the management needs to deal with this. I believe in state run services of which one is the police. If someone threats you, go to the police (and then with proper procedures the company needs to be forced to help prosecution E.g. by a judge). I do understand the police is reluctant to do something (at least here in Germany, "Die Polizei ist nicht im Internet, oh wei oh wei!"), but privaticing crime management is not the future. And I did go to the police several times because of things that happened "on the internet" and was helped.
> Musk, on the other hand, is ideologically congruent with much of it, and there are no indications that his yelling about "free speech, especially for the right wing" comes with consequences or even minor disapproval for that speech when you use it to threaten to kill somebody.
Absence of indication is not indication of absence though.
Another way to look at it that by having less strict moderation, and keeping moderation mainly focused on unprotected speech such as incitement or threats, you have more resources to go after unprotected speech.
Because, put plainly: I don't think there's much reason to expect Musk to take them seriously.The previous management had only minimal capability to curb this behavior, or claimed they did, because of scale. They'd deal with cases that rose to the top, but not a lot more. Musk, on the other hand, is ideologically congruent with much of it, and there are no indications that his yelling about "free speech, especially for the right wing" comes with consequences or even minor disapproval for that speech when you use it to threaten to kill somebody.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't think so, though.