{"id":1717361,"date":"2022-10-30T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717361"},"modified":"2022-10-30T16:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T20:48:29","slug":"elon-musk-responds-to-lebron-james-over-criticisms-about-offensive-content-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-responds-to-lebron-james-over-criticisms-about-offensive-content-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Responds To LeBron James Over Criticisms About Offensive Content On Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-responds-to-lebron-james-over-criticisms-about-offensive-content-on-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> responded Sunday to criticisms from the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lebron-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> about racial slurs on the platform by noting that the content was part of a trolling campaign and had been deemed inauthentic.<\/p>\n<p>James was responding to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/10\/28\/musk-twitter-racist-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> in The Washington Post that claimed there had been a 500% increase in the use of the n-word on Twitter following Musk taking over. \u201cSeveral posts on 4chan encourage users to amplify derogatory slurs,\u201d the report said, suggesting that the increase in the use of slurs may not have been completely organic, which The Post did not mention.<\/p>\n<p>The study The Washington Post relied upon said \u201cbad actors\u201d were \u201ctrying to test the limits\u201d on Twitter, even though no content moderation changes have been made.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evidence suggests that bad actors are trying to test the limits on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a>. Several posts on 4chan encourage users to amplify derogatory slurs. <\/p>\n<p>For example, over the last 12 hours, the use of the n-word has increased nearly 500% from the previous average. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mEqziaWuMF\">pic.twitter.com\/mEqziaWuMF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Network Contagion Research Institute (@ncri_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncri_io\/status\/1586007698910646272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns twitter,\u201d James tweeted. \u201cBut I will say that if this is true, I hope he and his people take this very seriously because this is scary AF. So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to James\u2019s tweet with a statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitters-head-of-site-integrity-has-history-of-harsh-anti-trump-tweets\">Yoel Roth<\/a>, Twitter\u2019s Head of Safety &#038; Integrity, that said, \u201cNearly all of these accounts are inauthentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZdI2nTqlqw\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZdI2nTqlqw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1586698051606880258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s talk for a minute about slurs, hateful conduct, and trolling campaigns,\u201d the statement began. \u201cBottom line up front: Twitter\u2019s policies haven\u2019t changed. Hateful conduct has no place here. And we\u2019re taking steps to put a stop to an organized effort to make people think we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Rules prohibit Hateful Conduct,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThis includes targeting people with dehumanizing content and slurs. This DOESN\u2019T mean we have a list of words that are always banned. Context matters. For example, our policies are written to protect reclaimed speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last 48 hours, we\u2019ve seen a small number of accounts post a ton of Tweets that include slurs and other derogatory terms. To give you a sense of scale: More than 50,000 Tweets repeatedly using a particular slur came from just 300 accounts,\u201d the statement concluded. \u201cNearly all of these accounts are inauthentic. We\u2019ve taken action to ban the users involved in this trolling campaign \u2014 and are going to continue working to address this in the days to come to make Twitter safe and welcoming for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded Sunday to criticisms from the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 LeBron James about racial slurs on the platform by noting that the content was part of a trolling campaign and had been deemed inauthentic. 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