Contrary to what Elon Musk says, new data suggests that hate speech is rising on Twitter!
What is Hate Speech?
Earlier this month, at the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference, Elon provided an overview of how Twitter is performing, which included a range of stats and notes, including this chart.
This has come under question once again, with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) recently finding that incidents of anti-Semitic speech in the app have risen sharply since Musk took the helm.
In the words of Washington Post –
“The study, which used machine-learning tools to identify likely antisemitic tweets, found that the average weekly number of such posts ‘more than doubled after Musk’s acquisition’ – a trend that has held in the months after Musk took over. The analysis found an average of over 6,200 posts per week appearing to contain antisemitic language between June 1 and Oct. 27, the day Musk completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. But that figure rose to over 12,700 through early February – a 105 percent increase”
Ideally, Twitter will continue to refine and improve its processes, and find new ways to tackle hate speech. But it’s an ongoing, and ever-evolving problem, for which there is no true victory that can be claimed.
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