I don't really want to defend X here but this is probably a non-story or at least not the one the tweet is implying. FB has a similar list, and it's not because of some secret agenda but because taking down posts that get a bunch of user-reports is actually a pretty effective system, except for high-profile accounts that have every single post reported by people who just don't like them. You end up having to maintain a "don't automod" list.
I do find it fairly surprising the lengths people go to to create false information and trash a website they claim to not like or want to use. I'm sure there's a better use for that time.
There were celebrities and leftwing figures getting away with all sorts of unsavoury language on Twitter for years, so the tools were probably already there. Would be more surprising if they hadn't been put to use for the inverse after leadership changed.
The leak itself is almost surely fake. It's a very short list of well known right-wing accounts and confirmed mouthpiece accounts. You'd think a "leak" would reveal several other, as of yet unknown users, right? Not even a few internal test accounts? Some of them are even misspelled.
It would also make no sense that would need a whitelist of racial slurs if the accounts are themselves also whitelisted? Having this in a public Okta endpoint doesn't make a lick of sense either.
Yeah I'm willing to believe that X has some accounts marked for various special treatments, but I'll need something more conclusive than a screenshot to prove it.
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https://x.com/awawawhoami/status/1816225589755294128
https://x.com/BigMeeish/status/1816238982948348306
It would also make no sense that would need a whitelist of racial slurs if the accounts are themselves also whitelisted? Having this in a public Okta endpoint doesn't make a lick of sense either.
https://x.com/BigMeeish/status/1816238982948348306