United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk urged Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner and CEO, to “ensure that human rights are central to the management of Twitter.” The letter comes a day after the billionaire fired half of Twitter’s workforce following an announcement that the social media platform was losing more than $4 million a day. In this photo, Elon Musk’s image appears on a computer screen and the twitter logo on a mobile phone in Ankara, Turkey, on October 6, 2022. (Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) In the open letter published on Saturday, Türk wrote: “Respect for our common human rights should set the guardrails for the use and development of the platform.” The UN Human Rights Chief urged Twitter’s ‘Chief Twit’ to stand up for the right to privacy and stressed that Twitter has a responsibility to avoid amplifying content that harms other people’s rights. ELON MUSK LAUNCHES $8 MONTHLY TWITTER SUBSCRIPTION, INCLUDES BLUE CHECKMARK, REPAIR VERIFICATION SYSTEM Türk encouraged Musk to promote “users’ rights to privacy and free expression.” Instead, he included that “freedom of speech is not a free pass,” using the example of the spread of “harmful” misinformation from the COVID-19 pandemic “regarding vaccines.” A sign at Twitter’s headquarters is seen in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Workers were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter on Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu/AP Newsroom) Türk continued, arguing that Twitter’s content moderation should continue to prohibit “hate that incites discrimination,” adding that they “know that hate speech spreads like wildfire on social media platforms in countries with completely different cultural, political and religious contexts – with horrific, life-threatening consequences for thousands of people.” TWITTER EMPLOYEES FILE LAWSUIT CLAIMING MASS FIRING VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW REQUIRING NOTICE Her warning words come as the billionaire balances his promise to restore free speech on the social media platform while preventing the platform from descending into a “free-for-all hell,” which he has vowed to prevent. Türk’s open letter concluded by saying that “Twitter has a lot to offer to our shared agenda for a better world, but we need to be clear about what is required to make it a reality.” GET THE FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE