Derek Powazek 🐐Nov 20, 2023

Elon routinely interacted with and retweeted nazis on Twitter long before he bought it. After, he fired the content safety staff and courted nazis who had been banned and put them back on the site. Earlier this year he started PAYING THEM to keep posting.

It's nice that people are noticing his nazi shit now, but it's a journalistic malpractice that it's taken this long and most omit this history.

This WaPo story is the exception: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-internet-elon-musk-israel-war/

Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.

Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.

The Washington Post
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@fraying I checked in on X & did some scrolling. There’s people I follow that I find interesting, constructive, knowledgeable but w solid opinions. When looking at the comments I get really scared & worried. I imagine that all the hateful comments can be perceived as that’s how most people feel & think. X is flooded with unbelievable comments & it seems as those accounts are growing. I don't know but I think this just going to hurts us all long term. It’s a very unhealthy place.
Nov 20, 2023 at 4:11amWeb