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Racist tweets quickly surface after Musk closes Twitter deal (Wapo alert)
Wapo ^ | Oct. 28, 2022 | Drew Harwell, Taylor Lorenz, Cat Zakrzewski

Posted on 10/29/2022 7:50:05 AM PDT by Salman

An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter in the hours after billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over the social network, raising fears that his pledge of unrestricted free speech could fuel a new wave of online hate.

The flood of racist posts was among the most prominent signs of how Twitter had changed in the first hours of Musk’s ownership. But those who were expecting even bigger changes, such as the restoration of former president Donald Trump’s account and the layoff of hundreds if not thousands of Twitter employees, will have to wait longer.

Musk on Friday tweeted that he would make “no major content decisions or account reinstatements” until the convening of a new “moderation council.” He promised that the council would have “widely diverse viewpoints” but offered no other information about who would be on it, how its members would be selected, what authority it would have or whether its views would be binding on the company.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: catzakrzewski; districtofcolumbia; drewharwell; elonmusk; freespeech; jeffbezos; musk; taylorlorenz; truthsocial; twitter; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Salman

You’re welcome!


41 posted on 10/29/2022 11:56:48 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Salman

CALLED IT! I said that as soon as he took control a bunch of leftist trolls would spam the site with the worst crap they could find, and the MSM would INSTANTLY blame him for it, and say “Look what the once great Twitter has become”.

Then, they’re going to spam a bunch of forbidden stuff, and when it’s removed, they’re going to scream “I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FREE SPEECH ABSOLUTIST?”


42 posted on 10/29/2022 12:59:05 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: BobL

You can bet, the FBI, Soros, Clinton, Gates, DNC and tech companies are funding groups to sabotage Twitter. DOJ will bring charges well before 2024 elections based on the saboteurs Tweets and executed terrorism used to validate the ideas in the plotted Tweets.

The United States of America is compromised by Leftist fascism. Every effort is being taken to destroy this once great nation that is now on the precipice of losing her footing in the world.

Corporate, federal, state and local governments and their departments, military, foreign nations and world elites and more are all aligned in this subjugation of the number one superpower to totalitarian authoritarian fascism.

I sure hope Musk is up to the challenge, because he’s going to be quite the target. He’ll need some talented and loyal security and legal representation.


43 posted on 10/29/2022 1:17:54 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: dfwgator

Pull up your big-boy pants, you libs. Your feelings are not our concern.


44 posted on 10/29/2022 1:38:45 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: skeeter

Total BS. Taylor Lorenz is a POS


45 posted on 10/29/2022 3:37:21 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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