Twitter has acknowledged that it censored the broadcast of the controversial HBO Max documentary.

One of Elon Musk’s strongest criticisms of Twitter has to do with its moderation policy. The “free speech absolutist” believes that the platform does not adhere to this principle and today there is something to support it. Report Gizmodo showed that Twitter bans HBO Max documentary from streaming about the origin of QAnon.

Twitter acknowledged that interfered with the promotion of the documentary Question: In a stormdirected by Cullen Hoback. The social network showed that it made this decision as part of his strategy is to subtract the spread from the Donald Trump-related conspiracy movement. Following the storming of the US Capitol, Twitter and other platforms took action to restrict access to QAnon and other extremist groups.

The documentary, divided into six episodes, premiered in March 2021 on HBO Max. Question: In a storm explores the rise of the QAnon conspiracy theory and the people involved in it. The miniseries debuted a few days ago on iTunes and its director thought it would be a good idea to promote it on Twitter. To their surprise, the social network prevented the purchase of ads for spin your tweet and decided to reduce visibility.

Twitter Considers QAnon Documentary inappropriate content

According to Twitter, documentary violates social media rules due to inappropriate content. Refused, the director asked the production company to contact the technology company and received a similar response from the communications department.

In 2021, Twitter made the decision not to allow this documentary to be promoted through ads on the platform. This decision was in line with the steps we have taken to suspend dedicated QAnon accounts and limit the visibility of QAnon-related content on the platform as a whole. As a result, the client will not be able to promote this content.

Twitter claims to have done manual check content and came to the conclusion that he would not promote it. The decision caused controversy and the director blamed the platform for its moderation policy. Hoback hinted twitter hypocrisywho did little to prevent the growth of the movement, but censored a documentary dedicated to him.

This is far from content to recruit subscribers, as Twitter and some media claim, Question: In a storm take a neutral position. According to its director, the way to unravel QAnon was to reveal its structure and key characters, rather than censoring all discussion on the subject.

Question: In a storm has 57% in rotten tomatoes. Some positive reviews highlight Hoback’s work and attention to detail to cover all driving directions. The negative review accused the director of pandering to the conspirators and failing to reveal why QAnon is attracting hundreds of thousands of followers.

Moderation policy will change with the advent of Elon Musk

Twitter censorship decision Spread Question: In a storm this took Hoback and the other directors by surprise. Adam McKay, Director don’t look up, he called the action ridiculous and said that we have problems with freedom of speech in the face of big technology.

Twitter’s moderation policy may be undergoing dramatic changes as soon as Elon Musk takes control. Parag Agrawal, the CEO of the company, has promised that nothing will change in the next few months, although he does not know what direction the platform will take after the deal closes.

Elon Musk’s speech on allowing free speech he has done well in far-right circles. GOP politicians celebrated the purchase and, although there is a possibility that Donald Trump will return to the platformthe ex-president assured that he would not do this, as he relies on his social network Pravda.