2023-09-13 17:54:55
X-CEO Elon Musk
Hate speech researchers are again accusing the short message service of not taking sufficient action against reported posts.
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San Francisco The hate speech researchers sued by Elon Musk’s online platform X are following up with new criticism. The organization CCDH reported 300 racist and anti-Semitic posts from 100 accounts to X (formerly Twitter) at the end of August. A week later, 259 of the posts were still available and 90 of the accounts were still active, according to a report from the CCDH (Center for Countering Digital Hate) published on Wednesday.
In addition to the posts, advertisements from Apple and Disney, among others, were also displayed, the researchers reported. Musk and the X boss he appointed, Linda Yaccarino, promise companies a safe environment for their advertising.
After Musk bought Twitter, many advertisers withdrew from the platform out of concern for their image. Advertising revenue – X’s most important source of money – is only half what it was before the takeover.
X denied allegations
X denied, without giving further details, that the service had done nothing about irregular posts and that they had reached a larger audience. According to Musk’s ideas, there should be a lot of freedom of speech at X, but the reach of some contributions could be limited.
A few weeks ago, X went to court against online researchers who uncover hate speech and misinformation online. The service accused CCDH of unlawfully accessing its data. X suffered damage as a result of researchers’ reports because advertisers dropped out, the lawsuit said.
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