Report claims hate speech up on Twitter, right here’s what Elon Musk has to say

Since his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk has been claiming that hate speech has seen a decline on the social media platform. Final week, he even went on to say that “hate speech impressions” on the microblogging web site have been down by one-third “from pre-spike ranges.” The “Chief Twit” has now shared extra numbers primarily strengthening his earlier declare and denying a brand new report that contradicts the info shared by Twitter’s new proprietor.
Musk described the findings as “completely false” in a tweet in response to a put up by The New York Occasions on the examine.

Musk additionally shared a graph which appears to be like loads just like the one he shared every week in the past. The graph exhibits a decline in hate speech impressions (variety of occasions a tweet was seen) “regardless of important consumer development!” He additionally mentioned that Twitter will publish this information weekly.
“Freedom of speech doesn’t imply freedom of attain. Negativity ought to & will get much less attain than positivity,” Musk famous.

Giving additional insights, the Tesla CEO additionally claimed that Twitter is now seeing 500 million tweets per day and billions of impressions “so hate speech impressions are
Twitter larger than ever?
Musk additionally claimed that the social media platform is now serving virtually 90 billion tweet impressions per day! “Simply how extremely alive the system really is will turn out to be apparent as we present view depend on all tweets,” he mentioned in a distinct tweet.

Hate speech rose throughout below Musk’s reign, says report
Musk’s response got here quickly after a analysis by the Middle for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) claimed that hate speech on the platform rose since Musk took over Twitter. To assist the claims, the NGO mentioned that a median of 1,282 tweets with slurs towards Black folks appeared on Twitter daily earlier than Musk took the reins of the corporate.
The variety of slurs jumped to three,876 after the acquisition and additional soared to 4,650 tweets a day on common within the week when Musk claimed a decline in hate speech impressions. Moreover, slurs towards transgender folks elevated 62% since Musk purchased Twitter, hovering to five,117 tweets a day on common, the report discovered.

‘Engagement on hate speech elevated’
Not solely the variety of common tweets, the CCDH report discovered that engagement in hate speech has additionally risen since Musk took over the corporate. The common variety of likes, replies, and retweets on posts with hateful content material jumped to 49.5 from 13.3 earlier than the Musk period, the report discovered.
“Elon Musk despatched up the batsignal to each sort of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for enterprise, they usually have reacted accordingly,” Imran Ahmed, CEO of CCDH, was quoted as saying.