Posted on 04/27/2022 12:53:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Perhaps no group of people is more alarmed about Elon Musk’s plan to make Twitter a free speech free-for-all than those most likely to be targeted for harassment: women, racial minorities and other marginalized groups.
They fear that a more hands-off approach to policing the platform will embolden purveyors of hate speech, bullying and disinformation to ratchet up their bad behavior — a possibility Musk has done little to dispel.
Yet even those who have faced extreme harassment on Twitter say they are unlikely to quit the platform. Despite the negative psychological toll, they still place a high value on Twitter as a place to express their views and engage with others.
That could help explain why Musk shows little concern for the underbelly of unfettered free speech, although advertisers - who account for 90% of Twitter’s revenue - may not feel the same way.
While polls show all types of people are susceptible to online harassment, extensive research has shown that women and people of color are far more likely to be targeted. That’s also true for people with disabilities, people who belong to religious minorities and members of the LGBTQ community.
Michael Kleinman, who has studied online harassment for Amnesty International, said if Twitter allows more hateful and abusive speech, marginalized people who get attacked are likely to express themselves less.
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Am I to assume this pencil neck is Josh Funk?
Honestly, the only ones I see routinely harassed are the ones who disagree with whatever cultural shift happens to be occurring that day. They get the hate mail and death threats and cancel calls and everything else. The groups they listed in the article all get praised as being brave and wonderful.
Ay, por favor-est mierda otra vez? Someone please give them some cheese to go with that whine...
“Michael Kleinman, who has studied online harassment for Amnesty International”
I’m sure he has.
I was bullied and abused by Ashley Judd, Alyssa Milano, and Cher on Twitter. This is not ok.
Twatter abuse victims = those booted off for free speech 🤪
Don’t let them fool you
Almost all the “abuse”/ban/censor victims have been conservatives and most of them are coming back because of Musk.
Yes, if I’m not getting reposts with a few hundred followers.
“Twitter abuse victims fear Musk’s plans, but may not quit”
tweet ... OUCH! ... tweet ... OUCH! ... tweet ... OUCH! ...
The only minorities and women I saw abused were conservative. They were abused by the libs
Funk is a fool.
Musk could have fun following Bannon’s advice and pulling the offer.
Then watch the fragile kittens mew!
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