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 ...
by Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2023
3 minutes
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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