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> "Do you see a rise of hate speech?" Mr Musk said. "I don't." > He asked our reporter James Clayton for specific examples of hateful content. > When he could

> "Do you see a rise of hate speech?" Mr Musk said. "I don't." > He asked our reporter James Clayton for specific examples of hateful content. > When he couldn't pinpoint individual messages, Mr Musk said: "You don't know what you're talking about… you just lied. That is hilarious, thanks for the article. And I don't see examples of crimes committed by X or Musk in there?

gchamonlive 2y ago
> But there are both in-depth studies and anecdotal evidence that suggest hate speech has been growing under Mr Musk's tenure. > Several fringe characters that were banned under the previous management have been reinstated. > They include Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website, and Liz Crokin, one of the biggest propagators of the QAnon conspiracy theory. From that same hilarious article.
- ripjaygn 2y ago
  Those people are not billionaires, so why haven't they been prosecuted if, as you allege, they have committed crimes.
  - verzali 2y ago
    Anglin is literally on the run from the law and has an arrest warrant issued for him.
- MarcoZavala 2y ago
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GolfPopper 2y ago
Ah, the ever popular "hey, can you re-create Einstein's theory of relativity for me right now? No? I guess physics must be fake, then" argument, popular with bad-faith conversationalists of all stripes. Links from the BBC article you appear to have missed: "Antisemitism on Twitter Before and After Elon Musk’s Acquisition"[1] "The Musk Bump: Quantifying the rise in hate speech under Elon Musk"[2] Additional studies: "Hate Speech Spikes on Twitter After Elon Musk Acquires the Platform" [3] "Auditing Elon Musk’s Impact on Hate Speech and Bots" [4] 1. https://beamdisinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Antisemitism-on-Twitter-Before-and-After-Elon-Musks-Acquisition.pdf https://beamdisinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Antisemit... 2. https://counterhate.com/blog/the-musk-bump-quantifying-the-rise-in-hate-speech-under-elon-musk/ https://counterhate.com/blog/the-musk-bump-quantifying-the-r... 3. https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/11/Montclair-State-SCM-Study-Increases-in-Twitter-Hate-Speech-After-Elon-Musks-Acquisition.pdf https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/... 4. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04129 http://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04129
- ripjaygn 2y ago
  Again, where are the alleged crimes committed by Musk according to the GP comment?

gchamonlive 2y ago

> But there are both in-depth studies and anecdotal evidence that suggest hate speech has been growing under Mr Musk's tenure. > Several fringe characters that were banned under the previous management have been reinstated. > They include Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website, and Liz Crokin, one of the biggest propagators of the QAnon conspiracy theory. From that same hilarious article.

ripjaygn 2y ago
Those people are not billionaires, so why haven't they been prosecuted if, as you allege, they have committed crimes.
- verzali 2y ago
  Anglin is literally on the run from the law and has an arrest warrant issued for him.
MarcoZavala 2y ago
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GolfPopper 2y ago

Ah, the ever popular "hey, can you re-create Einstein's theory of relativity for me right now? No? I guess physics must be fake, then" argument, popular with bad-faith conversationalists of all stripes. Links from the BBC article you appear to have missed: "Antisemitism on Twitter Before and After Elon Musk’s Acquisition"[1] "The Musk Bump: Quantifying the rise in hate speech under Elon Musk"[2] Additional studies: "Hate Speech Spikes on Twitter After Elon Musk Acquires the Platform" [3] "Auditing Elon Musk’s Impact on Hate Speech and Bots" [4] 1. https://beamdisinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Antisemitism-on-Twitter-Before-and-After-Elon-Musks-Acquisition.pdf https://beamdisinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Antisemit... 2. https://counterhate.com/blog/the-musk-bump-quantifying-the-rise-in-hate-speech-under-elon-musk/ https://counterhate.com/blog/the-musk-bump-quantifying-the-r... 3. https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/11/Montclair-State-SCM-Study-Increases-in-Twitter-Hate-Speech-After-Elon-Musks-Acquisition.pdf https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/... 4. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04129 http://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04129

ripjaygn 2y ago
Again, where are the alleged crimes committed by Musk according to the GP comment?