Twitter stated that nearly 99.99 per cent of Tweet impressions are wholesome.
Twitter’s new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has refuted a Bloomberg report claiming that hateful and violent content material is on the rise on Twitter.
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has refuted a report which claimed there was a surge of “hateful, violent, and inaccurate” information on the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Yaccarino said Twitter has “made progress” and that almost all tweets in a consumer’s feed at the moment are high-quality.
“A Bloomberg article claims that dangerous content material seen on Twitter is on the rise, however that’s not true. Here’s what’s true — greater than 99 per cent of content material customers and advertisers see on Twitter is wholesome,” she posted.
It means only a small amount of content requires enforcement on Twitter.
“But no matter the amount, we will keep doing whatever it takes to make this platform as safe and healthy as possible. The Bloomberg story pulled together a collection of incorrect, misleading, and outdated metrics, mostly from the period shortly after Twitter’s acquisition,” Yaccarino stated.
She stated that over the previous 8 months, “we’ve made progress on lowering the unfold of hate speech, proactively stopping youngster exploitation, and giving manufacturers extra management over the place their adverts seem – from adjacency controls to 3rd-celebration verification”.
In a separate statement, the micro-blogging platform said that almost 99.99 per cent of Tweet impressions are healthy.
“Which means only a tiny amount of content requires enforcement. But we’ll keep doing whatever we can to make this platform as safe and healthy as possible,” stated the corporate.
In the following two weeks, Twitter is additional increasing our advert placement controls to higher assist the large development of video consumption on the platform.
“We’re actively constructing pre-bid stock filtering that can enable much more management over content material adjacencies,” added Yaccarino.
Musk has admitted that Twitter is still in the red after a massive 50 per cent drop in advertising revenue and heavy debt from the past.
Meanwhile, Twitter has launched a new ads revenue sharing programme for creators, and has already started paying them.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)
