Right-wing extremists spewed racism and anti-semitism
Antisemitic campaign tries to capitalize on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.https://t.co/Ch78G2xgiz pic.twitter.com/IwhGVvpKY5
— Oren Segal (@orensegal) October 29, 2022
🚨 There was a *1,300% INCREASE* in the use of the N-word on Twitter in the hours after the Musk takeover happened, a Bloomberg analysis found.
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) October 29, 2022
The word peaked at 170 mentions every five minutes on the afternoon of Oct. 28. https://t.co/BnNAAqaf73
"An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter in the hours after billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over the social network Thursday"https://t.co/qjQm9mESZE
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) October 28, 2022
The ADL Center on Extremism has identified a coordinated effort to spread #antisemitic content on @Twitter, explicitly drawing inspiration from @elonmusk's takeover of the company. In the past 24 hours, over 1200 tweets and retweets have spread antisemitic memes. pic.twitter.com/4mUj5wxQnH
— ADL (@ADL) October 28, 2022
Sad! 