Twitter and hate speech: What’s the evidence?

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Twitter and hate speech: What’s the evidence? – BBC News\u003cp lang=\”en\” dir=\”ltr\”>Hate speech impressions (# of times tweet was viewed) continue to decline, despite significant user growth!\u003ca href=\”https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\”>@TwitterSafety\u003c/a> will publish data weekly.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of reach. Negativity should & will get less reach than positivity. \u003ca href=\”https://t.co/36zl29rCSM\”>pic.twitter.com/36zl29rCSM\u003c/a>\u003c/p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) \u003ca href=\”https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598752139278532610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\”>December 2, 2022\u003c/a>\u003c/blockquote>\n”,”width”:550,”providerIndex”:0,”authorName”:”Elon Musk”,”oembedType”:”rich”}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Researchers and journalists have focused on the most extreme content – not mere jokes or insults, but highly abusive language. Critics have pointed out, however, that Mr Musk’s own definition of hate speech isn’t clear. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Researchers and journalists have focused on the most extreme content – not mere jokes or insults, but highly abusive language. Critics have pointed out, however, that Mr Musk’s own definition of hate speech isn’t clear. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”And he recently ended free access to Twitter’s application programming interface or API – data that researchers use to study the platform. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”And he recently ended free access to Twitter’s application programming interface or API – data that researchers use to study the platform. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Without such data it will be hard to objectively study the issue going forward. Mr Musk has previously said he boosted transparency by making Twitter’s algorithm open-source.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Without such data it will be hard to objectively study the issue going forward. Mr Musk has previously said he boosted transparency by making Twitter’s algorithm open-source.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk said his efforts to delete bots – automated accounts – has decreased misinformation on Twitter since his takeover. And he cited the site’s community notes feature, where users themselves can comment and add context to tweets. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk said his efforts to delete bots – automated accounts – has decreased misinformation on Twitter since his takeover. And he cited the site’s community notes feature, where users themselves can comment and add context to tweets. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”\”My experience is there is less misinformation rather than more,\” he told our reporter.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”\”My experience is there is less misinformation rather than more,\” he told our reporter.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Some outside experts disagree. An early study from NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, found that engagement with popular, misinformation-spreading accounts spiked after Mr Musk’s takeover. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Some outside experts disagree. “,”attributes”:[]}},{“type”:”urlLink”,”model”:{“text”:”An early study from NewsGuard”,”locator”:”https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/twitter-misinformation-superspreaders-see-huge-spike-in-engagement-post-acquisition-by-elon-musk/”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”An early study from NewsGuard”,”attributes”:[]}}]}},{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”, a company that tracks online misinformation, found that engagement with popular, misinformation-spreading accounts spiked after Mr Musk’s takeover. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”In the week following his acquisition of Twitter, the most popular, untrustworthy accounts enjoyed an almost 60% increase in engagement in the form of likes and retweets, according to the survey. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”In the week following his acquisition of Twitter, the most popular, untrustworthy accounts enjoyed an almost 60% increase in engagement in the form of likes and retweets, according to the survey. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”NewsGuard has itself been accused of a left-leaning bias.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”urlLink”,”model”:{“text”:”NewsGuard has itself been accused”,”locator”:”https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/joseph-vazquez/2021/12/13/study-newsguard-ratings-system-heavily-skews-favor-left”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”NewsGuard has itself been accused”,”attributes”:[]}}]}},{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:” of a left-leaning bias.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Science Feedback, a left-leaning fact-checker, found that misinformation \”super spreaders\” – defined as accounts that consistently publish popular tweets containing links to known misinformation – have markedly increased engagement since Mr Musk’s takeover.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Science Feedback, a left-leaning fact-checker, found that misinformation \”super spreaders\” – defined as accounts that consistently publish popular tweets containing links to known misinformation – “,”attributes”:[]}},{“type”:”urlLink”,”model”:{“text”:”have markedly increased engagement since Mr Musk’s takeover”,”locator”:”https://healthfeedback.org/misinformation-superspreaders-thriving-on-musk-owned-twitter/”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”have markedly increased engagement since Mr Musk’s takeover”,”attributes”:[]}}]}},{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”The BBC’s own analysis found false anti-vax claims and the denial of the 2020 US election result among the sample of more than 1,000 reinstated accounts. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”The BBC’s own analysis found false anti-vax claims and the denial of the 2020 US election result among the sample of more than 1,000 reinstated accounts. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk says that he’s on the side of truth and believes that his strategy will make Twitter better in the long run.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk says that he’s on the side of truth and believes that his strategy will make Twitter better in the long run.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”\”The acid test is people use the system and find it to be a good source of truth, or they don’t,\” Mr Musk told our reporter. \”And no system is going to perfect in its pursuit of the truth, but I think we can be the best, the least inaccurate.\””,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”\”The acid test is people use the system and find it to be a good source of truth, or they don’t,\” Mr Musk told our reporter. \”And no system is going to perfect in its pursuit of the truth, but I think we can be the best, the least inaccurate.\””,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk said he prefers \”ordinary people\” to information from journalists, at several points challenging the BBC’s technology correspondent with questions of his own. “,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Mr Musk said he prefers \”ordinary people\” to information from journalists, at several points challenging the BBC’s technology correspondent with questions of his own. “,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”But Mr Musk himself was not fully accurate when describing the BBC’s reporting. 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