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One billionaire owner, twice the hate: Twitter hate speech surged with Musk, study says

In October, polarizing billionaire and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk purchased the polarizing social media platform Twitter for $44 billion, promising to change how the site operated. In various statements, most of them tweets, Musk made allusions to decreased moderation on the platform, pledging to make the site a bastion of "free speech." In the months that followed, he implemented several ...
Twitter CEO Elon Musk speaks at the "Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships," marketing conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on April 18, 2023.

In October, polarizing billionaire and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk purchased the polarizing social media platform Twitter for $44 billion, promising to change how the site operated.

In various statements, most of them tweets, Musk made allusions to decreased moderation on the platform, pledging to make the site a bastion of "free speech."

In the months that followed, he implemented several new initiatives at the company and the site, including firing hundreds of employees, , stripping badges of verification from

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