Hate speech has risen sharply since Musk took over
An influx of hateful content flooded Twitter immediately after Musk took over. A new report finds that despite Musk’s claims, hate speech is up and getting more traction.claimed last weekBut the total amount of hate speech on the platform has risen during that same time period, according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
An average of 1,282 tweets with slurs against Black people appeared daily on Twitter before Musk took over; that number jumped to 3,876 after he bought the company. During the week of Musk’s tweet, it increased even further to 4,650 tweets a day on average.Slurs against transgender people increased 62 percent since Musk bought Twitter, to 5,117 tweets a day on average, the report found.
. Since the takeover, average engagements on hateful content has jumped to 49.5, according to the report.I’d love to hear about your experience. Contact me at [email protected] and I’ll share my Signal. “Elon Musk sent up the batsignal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business, and they have reacted accordingly,” Imran Ahmed, CEO of CCDH, said in an email.
Since taking the helm of Twitter in late October, Musk’s changes to the platform have been erratic and reactive. Musk has
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