The move follows an “explosion of hate speech” since Elon Musk’s acquisition of the popular social media platform.
SAN JOSE – The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office says it is leaving Twitter amid an “explosion of hate speech” on the popular social media platform under new owner Elon Musk.“As Americans, we have the freedom to loudly express our political opinions and strongly disagree with each other,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in aMonday.
“Many of these handles were previously banned by Twitter because they spread hatred and bigotry. Now they are back. That is not free speech. It is a cynical marketing strategy,” Rosen said. In November, Musk claimed that hate speech impressions, or the number of times a tweet containing hate speech has been viewed, had plummeted on Twitter,
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