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Use Of N-word On Twitter Jumped By Almost 500% After Musk Takeover by opamoses1: 6:38pm On Oct 29, 2022
After self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk closed the $44 billion deal on Twitter, anonymous accounts set about testing the limits of the social media platform's moderation policies.

The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a research group that analyzes social media content to predict emerging threats, said that use of the N-word on Twitter increased by nearly 500% in the 12 hours immediately after Musk's deal was finalized.

The newspaper also noted that several online trolling accounts called on others to use racist language in the aftermath of the deal.

"Elon now controls twitter. Unleash the racial slurs. K---S AND N-----S," said one account, using slurs for Jewish and Black people, per the outlet.

"I can freely express how much I hate n-----s … now, thank you elon," another said, The outlet reported.

Musk has said he would bring in moderation in a letter addressed to advertises. This suggest that free speech is not going to be free afterall.

GM has already stopped advertising on twitter pending when a moderation process would be established.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-sparked-n-word-use-jump-2022-10

Re: Use Of N-word On Twitter Jumped By Almost 500% After Musk Takeover by saxywale2: 7:05pm On Oct 29, 2022
Not suprised that black people would get picked on again once it's a free for all.

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Re: Use Of N-word On Twitter Jumped By Almost 500% After Musk Takeover by greenermodels: 7:19pm On Oct 29, 2022
The establishment is already fighting Elon Musk to bully him into submission. Kanye West and Trump would get their accounts restored and nothing would happen. The modern American and Western society is just been manipulated by a few powerful individuals.

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Re: Use Of N-word On Twitter Jumped By Almost 500% After Musk Takeover by jimetagambo: 7:22pm On Oct 29, 2022
saxywale2:
Not suprised that black people would get picked on again once it's a free for all.
Muslims are game too and not just black people.

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