Twitter Takes a Turn for the Disturbed…
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This is some grotesque shit.
Graphic videos of animal abuse have circulated widely on Twitter in recent weeks, generating outrage and renewed concern over the platform’s moderation practices.
One such video, in which a kitten appears to be placed inside a blender and then killed, has become so notorious that reactions to it have become their own genre of internet content.
Laura Clemens, 46, said her 11-year-old son came home from his school in London two weeks ago and asked if she had seen the video.
“There’s something about a cat in a blender,” Clemens remembered her son saying.
Clemens said she went on Twitter and searched for “cat,” and the search box suggested searching for “cat in a blender.”
Clemens said that she clicked on the suggested search term and a gruesome video of what appeared to be a kitten being killed inside of a blender appeared instantly. For users who have not manually turned off autoplay, the video will begin rolling instantly. NBC News was able to replicate the same process to surface the video on Wednesday.
Not ever going to search for that, but it’s a direct consequence of the way that Elon has “managed” the site.
In other news the replies to this are hilarious, especially given that the algorithm now favors folks who’ve spent $8/month to get in the Elon Fan Club:
I’m beginning to wonder whether this fella just isn’t very good at his job(s)…