The calendars were showing November 24… Twitter’s new owner, Chief Twitt Elon Musk, shared that the views of hate speech on the platform decreased by a third. A new study says the opposite of Elon Musk. According to the study, the use of hate speech on Twitter increased exponentially during the same period. “Did the chief tweeter make a mistake?” While the question came to the fore, the eyes were turned to the statement from Elon Musk.
While there were discussions on hate speech on Twitter, Elon Musk, the new owner of the social media platform, said on November 24 that hate speech “impressions” on the platform decreased by a third and congratulated the Twitter team. But a new study showed Musk the opposite. According to a new study reported by Gizmodo, the use of actual hate speech on Twitter increased exponentially during the same period.
TRIPLED
According to the news, Brandwatch, an analysis platform, was used in the research of the Center for Combating Digital Hate. Between 18-24 November, the word N was found to be used 30,546 times. It was stated that this is 260 percent more than the weekly average of 2022.
Musk tweeted that a New York Times article on the hate speech study was “completely false”. On December 2, he reposted the original chart, writing that “hate speech impressions (tweet views) continue to decline”. He then said, “There are around 500 million tweets and billions of impressions per day, so hate speech impressions are <0.1% of what's seen on Twitter!" he said.
On the other hand, it was stated in the news that the data did not directly contradict Musk’s claims.
According to the news, Brandwatch, an analysis platform, was used in the research of the Center for Combating Digital Hate. Between 18-24 November, the word N was found to be used 30,546 times. It was stated that this is 260 percent more than the weekly average of 2022.
In the news, a study by the Center for Combating Digital Hate found that N-word usage on Twitter had tripled in the week leading up to Musk’s tweet, compared to the daily average for the full month before Musk took over the platform on October 27. was reported to have appeared. It was reported that similar dramatic increases were seen in tweets containing insults to people’s origins or sexual orientation.
“MORE THAN 260 PERCENT”
On the other hand, it was stated in the news that the data did not directly contradict Musk’s claims.
