The use of racial slurs on Twitter has soared since Elon Musk's takeover, a new report has found.
One racial slur was used 26,228 times in tweets and retweets in Musk's first week, which was triple the 2022 average, according to the newAnother word used to attack transgender people was used 33,926 times in tweets and retweets, which was 53% higher than the 2022 average.
Hateful language to describe gay people, Jews and Hispanics also saw an increase since Musk took over the company."The figures show that despite claims ... that the platform had succeeded in reducing the number of times hate speech was being seen on Twitter’s search and trending page, the actual volume of hateful tweets has spiked," according to an
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