There are new concerns after Twitter owner Elon Musk said he will grant “amnesty” to users who were kicked off the platform for various reasons.
“The people that were banned were the ones who had a lot of hate speech. They had a lot of threats. They caused a lot of anxiety for a lot of people,” Bajarin said.Twitter users NBC Bay Area talked with said they’re noticing more hate speech and worry the hate will eventually take shape in the form of violence.
“It’s poisoning our whole country’s atmosphere and not inconsiderably, leading to mass shootings and things like that,” said Concord resident Max Rief. Bajarin said Musk should be motivated to regulate hate speech and threats or face the loss of more advertising dollars from corporations concerned about their reputations.
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