Slurs and antisemitic posts soared on Twitter after Elon Musk became its owner, groups that study online platforms have found. The researchers said they had never seen such a sharp increase in hate speech in such a short period on a mainstream platform. https://t.co/KrlCLTuXC5 pic.twitter.com/wg48CrHRsh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 2, 2022
Twitter has reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, editor of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer. His account was suspended nearly a decade ago. pic.twitter.com/jd8fdCgPeV
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) December 2, 2022
But, as I wrote today, "In Musk’s formulation, even the most noxious forms of hate speech can be justified as free speech & any effort to combat divisive rhetoric is an un-American attempt at censorship or intimidation by the 'woke' mob." https://t.co/ma7KSjshmP https://t.co/fNUsjPIoc2
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) December 2, 2022
“Elon Musk sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” said Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, one of the organizations which conducted the research. https://t.co/2AZwOPUgQ3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 2, 2022
Elon suspended Kanye’s account AFTER the EU threatened to ban Twitter for hate speech and misinformation.
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) December 2, 2022
Coincidence?
Hate speech under new Twitter:
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 4, 2022
•Anti-Black Slurs:🔺202%
•Antisemitism:🔺61%
•Homophobic Slurs:🔺58%
Meanwhile:
•Top 100 Advertisers:🔻50%
•Tesla stock:🔻41%
We’ve entered very stable genius territory.
Sad! 