Posted on 11/14/2023 11:25:35 AM PST by Angelino97
Elon Musk is allowing 'viciously antisemitic' and Islamophobic posts to remain on X following Hamas' brutal attack on Israel despite being reported, a report has found.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said 98 per cent of hate speech related to the conflict it had flagged to the social media giant still remained up on the site seven days later.
The posts, which have been viewed nearly 25 million times, include holocaust denials, claims that 'Hitler saw Jews for what they were', and calling Muslims 'smelly rats'.
Imran Ahmed, the non-profit's chief executive, accused tech billionaire Musk of creating a 'safe space for racists' on the platform.
X, formerly Twitter, has been criticised over the past month for allowing misinformation, graphic violence, and hate speech about the Israel-Gaza conflict to flood the platform.
The EU's digital rights chief warned Musk he could be in breach of the bloc's strict new digital laws which have been designed to clamp down on such content.
CCDH researchers found 200 'hateful' posts from 101 separate accounts that were published after the October 7 attack on both sides of the debate.
Nearly half of the profiles - 43 in total - were 'verified' accounts, meaning they benefit from algorithmic boosts to the visibility of their posts.
Among them were posts glorifying Nazis, promoting conspiracy theories, and inciting violence against Jewish people, while others referred to Palestinanians as 'animals' and denied their existence as a people.
The posts were reported to moderators for breaching platform rules via the official reporting tools on Tuesday 31 October. However, only four of the 200 posts were taken down after a week, while just one of the accounts was suspended and a further two 'locked'.
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Hate speech is just speech they hate.
Headline makes it sound like Musk wrote it.
Misleading.
Some people can’t handle free speech. Especially free speech they don’t like.
Ya, let them fight it out ,LOL
The idea is to show the world that it exists.
How about all the racist, anti-white tweets disguised as “news”.?
Oh, that’s okay, says the LSMwho supports the Nashville tranny terrorist and white teenagers beaten to death by “yutes”!
It’s simply words on a page.
They do not know you. You have no idea who they are. Keep scrolling.
Do these puss people have panic attacks when they read a novel?
Elon Musk censors Dan Greenfield. There is something funny about this guy. If there should be free speech then there really should be free speech — even for Dan Greenfield.
I don’t think Musk is an Anti-Semite. He may be too Pro-China and I think that’s why he’s ultimately being demonized and or targeted.
The world is an ugly place.
Closing your eyes doesn’t make it go away............
I’d say it’s the correct stance. Just because I might not like what someone says doesn’t mean stopping them from saying it is the right move. I’m a firm believer in the “marketplace of ideas,” and the best way to counter bad ideas is for someone to lay those ideas on the table, and then show why they’re bad.
When the CCDH demands that ilhan omar and AoC and Maxine Waters and their ilk resign then I might listen their wailing.
Otherwise, get bent.
“X” is free enterprise and individuals and free enterprise and business can limit, edit, and stop any kind of speech they want.
The First Amendment is aimed DIRECTLY AND ONLY at the Federal government which is constitutionally forbidden to abridge freedom of speech. THAT is free speech.
NO such constitutional limitation on individuals and free enterprise who may decide for themselves what speech to allow and not allow.
I would think that Musk would and should delete and forbid vicious speech that does not contribute anything positive to the “X” forum.
He’s evenhanded, I have to say.
Life is tough, wear a helmet!
Seems odd that he’d censor Daniel Greenfield. What did Greenfield write that got canceled?
“Life is tough. It’s even tougher when you’re stupid.” - John Wayne......................
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