Twitter Must be the ‘Most Accurate Information Source’ on Earth

• Elon Musk, the Twitter owner, said that the social media platform must be “the most accurate information source”
• Critics pointed out that Musk had a false story about the attack against Paul Pelosi last Wednesday.
• Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, also participated in the conversation.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that his goal was for Twitter to be “the most accurate media platform.” However, critics claim that the billionaire has made mistakes on Twitter. 

“Twitter should be the most reliable source of information on the globe. That’s our mission. Musk Tweeted Sunday evening He also shared a similar sentiment in a November 2, TweetHe stated in this interview that Twitter would become the most accurate news source without regard to political affiliation.

—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022

Critics were quick to point out that days earlier Musk had linked to inaccurate news following the October 28 attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in which an intruder broke into her San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Pelosi was Thursday, April 13, 2009: Released from the HospitalAfter the attack, a skull fracture was caused and admitted to hospital.

Musk was responding to a Hillary Clinton Tweet denouncing the attack on October 30, We shared a link that led to a website that encouraged conspiracy theories about the attack.One of them falsely claimed that the attacker was a male prostitute who had been hired by Pelosi. 

Musk said that Musk believes there might be more than meets the eyes. Please replyThe link to the site is “The Awful Truth: Paul Pelosi Was Drank Again, And in a Dispute with a Male Prostitute, Early Friday Morning”

Musk later The tweet was deleted.

Mehdi Hasan, journalist at MSNBC and political commentator, was OneThis is dozensThis is AccountsSunday evening Musk’s distributionThe unsubstantiated Article

Hasan posted on Twitter that Musk had posted a link to fake news websites (that once suggested Hillary Clinton was deceased and had been replaced with a body double) a week earlier today. “Worse, Hasan deleted that tweet without any explanation nor apology. However, his “mission” is correct information.

—Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) November 7, 2022

Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder, also responded to Musk’s tweet Asking“Accurate to Who” 

Musk replied to Dorsey and said that he would bas accuracy on “the People of Twitter via Community Notes”, which allows Twitter users to add context to posts they find misleading.

Musk did not give details about how he intends to improve accuracy on his site.

Dorsey Also tweetA better goal for the platform would be to make the site more informative than it is accurate.

Musk tweeted the notes feature, which was originally called Birdwatch. Friday’s tweet featured the notes feature, originally called Birdwatch. Musk shared a tweet that users contextualizedMore “Activist groups pressure advertisers to pause their ads”Follow us on Twitter. 

Musk shared many diverse plans for the platform in the last week. Monetization of creators-made contentThe new Verification subscription modelNew rules and regulations Accounts that pretend to be other users 

Insider requested comment from Twitter representatives, but they didn’t immediately respond.