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Musk took over Twitter, some users began testing chaos

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Elon Musk. [AP]

Shortly after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, some conservative personalities wasted no time jumping on the platform and re-circulating long-debunked conspiracy theories in a tongue-in-cheek attempt to "test" whether Twitter's policies on misinformation were still being enforced.

Twitter has made no announcements of any immediate policy changes and in a tweet posted on Friday afternoon, Musk said Twitter will be forming a "content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints," and "no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes."

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