Hate Speech's Rise on Twitter Under Elon Musk Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find

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Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up on the social media service an average of 1,282 times a day. After the billionaire became Twitter’s owner, they jumped to 3,876 times a day.

Slurs against gay men appeared on Twitter 2,506 times a day on average before Mr. Musk took over. Afterward, their use rose to 3,964 times a day.

And antisemitic posts referring to Jews or Judaism soared more than 61 percent in the two weeks after Mr. Musk acquired the site.

These findings — from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League and other groups that study online platforms — provide the most comprehensive picture to date of how conversations on Twitter have changed since Mr. Musk completed his $44 billion deal for the company in late October. While the numbers are relatively small, researchers said the increases were atypically high.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hate-speech-s-rise-on-twitter-under-elon-musk-is-unprecedented-researchers-find/ar-AA14PkxV

Striking a blow for free dumb.

[debm55]

1. I was going to post about this. I am no longer a member of twitter, Sometimes I lurk to watch pet

and animal tweets. It's a farce now. No matter what anyone posts, trumpers bring up their hate filled talk. Pets have nothing to do with politics but they have to bring it up in the conversation. It'a like they have no moral compass for the things they posts and ruin the threads. The posts are allowed to stand.

[hibbing]

2. Just like in "real life"

Have a neighbor I used to be semi friendly with, cannot talk to him anymore about ANYTHING because he will bring up politics. So, we don't talk anymore, I don't need that noise.

Peace

[debm55]

7. I hear you, hibbing. Have two living next to me. Same BS as yours. It's like 24/7 politics.

Sometimes, I just want to see landscapes and animals. It's relaxing. Or it was. My neighbors, I try to ignore. Now that it is colder, they are not out as much. I am no longer a member of Twitter so I can't reply. But I can see what the MAGA are doing to it.

[idahoblue]

3. I am in twitter jail

Suspended for 24 hours for stating the fact that Margie is a horseface slut. 🤣🤣🤪🤪
I hardly ever say anything on Twitter. Just a looker.

[Chainfire]

5. So they are shutting down the truth now?

And, how dare you insult horses and sluts!

[Chainfire]

4. Matthew 5:29-31 King James Version 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it

from thee. If Musk wants to make Twitter into a Fascist clown show, then simply walk away from it. There was a day before Twitter, there will be a day after it passes.

[Cha]

6. No Shite! musk is Driving

Reality based People right OUT the Door.

[underpants]

8. That's why the right is heralding him as a savior

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