Is ‘hate speech’ really skyrocketing on Twitter under Elon Musk? Analysis by Brad_Polumbo:
, the usage of slurs has supposedly skyrocketed since Musk took over Twitter and made pro-free-speech policy changes. They make this claim based on data from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which sounds neutral but has a clear progressive bias."There have been 3,876 daily tweets mentioning the racist n-word on Twitter, up 202% on the average daily rate in 2022 before his takeover of 1,282.
There have been 3,964 daily tweets mentioning the homophobic term f****t on Twitter, up 58% on the average daily rate in 2022 before his takeover of 2,506. There have been 17,937 daily tweets mentioning the misogynist term c**t on Twitter, up 33% on the average daily rate in 2022 before his takeover of 13,514.
There have been 5,117 daily tweets mentioning the transphobic term t****y on Twitter, up 62% on the average daily rate in 2022 before his takeover of 3,159."For one thing, it simply measures slur usage and uses that as a proxy for “hate speech.” But not all instances in which slurs are used are actually hateful. For example, song lyrics being posted or in-group usage of slurs, such as black people using the N-word, would be misleadingly quantified as “hate speech” by this kind of analysis.
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of reach. Negativity should & will get less reach than positivity.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on TwitterWhat you're seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. But how? The social media platform's new owner, Elon Musk, has been trying to prove through giving selected journalists access to some of the company's internal communications dubbed “The Twitter Files” that officials from the previous leadership team allegedly suppressed right-wing voices.
Weiterlesen »
EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on TwitterWhat you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing. But how?
Weiterlesen »
Elon Musk accidentally blocked thousands of Twitter users in bot cullElon Musk tried to get rid of Twitter bots by blocking hundreds of thousands of accounts, but accidentally impacted many legitimate users
Weiterlesen »
EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on TwitterWhat you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing.
Weiterlesen »
Elon Musk is transforming Twitter into … Arizona!Opinion from EJ Montini: Let's review: Intolerance? Check. Prejudice? Check. Misinformation? Check. Crackpots? Check. Zealots? Check. Beauty? Check. Humanity? Check.
Weiterlesen »
Banned Twitter Users Plot Their Return Under Elon MuskTwitter didn’t respond to a request for comment about its ban policies, but for banned users Musk’s Twitter takeover seemed to promise an end to the bans they thought would last for the rest of their lives.
Weiterlesen »