Hundreds of profiles belonging to the 'very worst' Twitter trolls reared up within days of ElonMusk's multi-billion dollar buyout bid, according to an international network of volunteers. 7NEWS
Hundreds of profiles belonging to the "very worst" Twitter trolls reared up within days of Elon Musk's multi-billion dollar buyout bid, according to an international network of volunteers.
The day before the announcement, 28 newly respawned accounts were reported to Twitter by the network, the volunteer, who asked to remain anonymous, said.The next day, 86 respawned accounts were identified, peaking at more than 100 the following day before dipping back to 52 on Thursday April 28.Since then, figures have remained consistently higher than in the previous few months, he added.
"But there's obviously a great deal of excitement, a bit of a party atmosphere amongst the very worst people on the internet. That's potentially a problem." For example, Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany but not elsewhere, despite being considered abhorrent by the majority of people."In a way, he's made a 'bring it on' statement about the arguments about free speech and hate speech," Katwala said.
Mulhall identified a wave of high-profile far-right individuals in Britain and the US attempting to rejoin and being de-platformed again.
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