@nytimes Utterly false — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1670008027000Hate speech impressions (# of times tweet was viewed) continue to decline, despite significant user growth!… https://t.co/argDYV4hSV — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1670007188000Twitter bigger than ever? Twitter is now serving almost 90 billion tweet impressions per day!Just how incredibly alive the system actually… https://t.co/DwrZLAKOoz — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1670010405000Hate speech rose during under Musk’s reign, says report‘Engagement on hate speech increased’Since his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk has been claiming that hate speech has seen a decline on the social media platform. Last week, he even went on to say that “hate speech impressions” on the microblogging website were down by one-third "from pre-spike levels." The graph shows a decline in hate speech impressions (number of times a tweet was viewed) “despite significant user growth!” He also said that Twitter will publish this data weekly.“Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of reach. Additionally, slurs against transgender people increased 62% since Musk bought Twitter, soaring to 5,117 tweets a day on average, the report found.Not only the number of average tweets, the CCDH report found that engagement in hate speech has also risen since Musk took over the company.

Source: New York Times December 03, 2022 06:25 UTC