Floodgates open for hate speech against Black, Transgender persons after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Written by on December 3, 2022

Hate speech against Black people, transgender persons as well as engagement with hateful content on Twitter has increased sharply since Elon Musk took over the platform, a research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found on Friday. The research findings are now being seen in the background of Twitter's increased reliance on automated moderation instead of human intervention against hate speech on Twitter. 

The findings stand in contrast to Musk's claims last week that “hate speech impressions” on Twitter were down by one-third since he held the helm of the company. Musk, however . . .



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