Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk has come under attack from the “woke” mob after he vowed to introduce measures to better protect children from pedophiles online.
Musk was responding to questions regarding his approach to protecting kids from sexual predators on his newly-acquired social media platform Twitter.
After promising to “take action in this regard,” Musk bizarrely came under attack from leftists.
He was called a “bigot” for seeking to tackle child groomers and accused of “amplifying harmful far-right voices” for responding to concerns about the issue.
Musk commented on the issue after French President Emmanuel Macron asked the Twitter CEO about his plans to “better detect and stop sexual predators.”
“We need to better protect our children on social networks and the Internet!” Macron tweeted, in English.
“To protect our children on the Internet, we need to better verify user age, better detect and stop sexual predators, and better identify and address bullying,” he added.
“We need to be more efficient in taking down content.”
“[Elon Musk], Will the bird protect our children?” Macron asked Musk.
To protect our children on the Internet, we need to better verify user age, better detect and stop sexual predators, and better identify and address bullying. We need to be more efficient in taking down content.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 10, 2022
👋 @elonmusk,
Will the bird protect our children?— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 10, 2022
Musk responded to Macron in the (French) affirmative, saying, “Absolument.”
Absolument
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 11, 2022
Journalist Ian Miles Cheong then chimed in to suggest that Twitter should expand its Child sexual exploitation unit.
Musk replied by vowing to “take action”
We will take action in this regard
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 11, 2022
Some leftists were appalled that Musk would even respond to Miles Cheong because they disagree with some of his political opinions.
Lol imagine discussing the future of your $44bn platform with Ian Miles Cheong 😂
— Jules✌️ (@redmenace000) November 11, 2022
Leftists continued by claiming that Musk’s response make him “far-right.”
Who knew that opposing child grooming and stopping sexual predation was a far right position? https://t.co/sJKr0qf1pb
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 11, 2022
Seriously? I mean, I want to believe you’re kidding, but… yeah.
Opposing grooming makes you a bigot.
— Barrett Sharpe (@BS_Actual_) November 11, 2022
Very sus, could be hiding the fact that he’s a pedo
— WeirdNerd (@xIronman777) November 11, 2022
— Dog (@dog_on_right) November 11, 2022
The far left.
— Christopher Fawkes (@chrisfawkes) November 11, 2022
I have been working on right wing child protection for 30 years. Way before I knew it was “right wing”. Grooming isn’t a new term or new to predator behavior, it’s how they desensitize a child to remain silent before & during abuse.
— Debbie (@oldyfab) November 11, 2022
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Musk has received vitriol on Twitter from leftists who are outraged that fact-checks are now being applied to the likes of Democrat President Joe Biden and the White House’s accounts, rather than just conservatives.
Musk has also triggered many on the left for introducing a subscription fee for coveted “blue check” verification.
He is also vowing to more strictly enforce existing rules on impersonation and intent to deceive on the platform.
