Twitter and hate speech: What's the evidence?

Posted on AllSides April 13th, 2023
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Among the topics discussed during Elon Musk's interview with the BBC was the prevalence of hate speech and misinformation on the platform.

"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."

It's prompted intense criticism on Twitter itself, mostly - but certainly not exclusively - from right-wing and far-right accounts.

But there are both in-depth...

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65246394

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