Among the most urgent questions facing Twitter in its new era as a private company under Elon Musk, a self-declared “free speech absolutist”, is how the platform will handle moderation. After finalizing his takeover and ousting senior leadership, Musk declared on Friday that he would be forming a new “content moderation council” that would bring together “diverse views” on the issue. “No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before the council convenes,” he tweeted. But that hasn’t stopped users from cheering – or criticizing – what they expected to be a quick embrace of Musk’s pledges to cut...