Twitter Hate Speech Rise ‘Unprecedented’, Researchers Say

Twitter has seen an “unprecedented” rise in hate speech since Elon Musk took over the social network, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League, and other groups that study online platforms.

Anti-Black tweets jumped more than 200% from 1,282 times a day before Musk’s takeover to 3,876 times a day now, while slurs against gay men rose more than 58% from 2,506 to 3,964 times a day, The(Opens in a new window) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-hate-speech.html New York Times reports. Anti-Semitic posts also increased by more than 61% in the two weeks after Musk completed his takeover of the site.

Researchers say they have never before witnessed such a sharp increase in hate speech in such a short period on a mainstream social media platform. |Read more https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-hate-speech-rise-unprecedented-researchers-say|
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