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by vgt 986 days ago
How do you feel about reports that misinformation and hate speech is on the rise on this platform? Such as [0] ?

And do you think it's hypocritical for a "proponent of free speech" to threaten to sue entities that quantify and observe such a rise? [1]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/eu-warns-...

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/tech/twitter-lawsuit-hate-spe...

1 comments

According to X itself, which has the best data, all objective measurements of hate speech are down actually. Elon was just talking about it in his latest interviews with the Rabbis. They have seen a 30% drop in antisemitic content.

The Guardian and CNN have both been writing extremely biased articles about X and Elon ever since the takeover, so these articles have to be read with an eye for the bias.

As stated in your linked article though, X is complying with all the required laws from the EU. If the EU wants to start censoring people in their country, X has stated that it will follow the laws and comply.