{"id":1719527,"date":"2022-11-01T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719527"},"modified":"2022-11-01T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:19:32","slug":"elon-musk-responds-to-lebron-james-n-word-concerns-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-responds-to-lebron-james-n-word-concerns-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Responds to Lebron James N-Word Concerns 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\">20<\/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-n-word-concerns-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=1719527&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elon Musk has responded to the controversy involving the proliferation of the N-word on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/10\/28\/musk-twitter-racist-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post reported<\/a> that, after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/27\/elon-musk-completes-44b-twitter-takeover-begins-firing-execs-report\/\">Musk purchased the social media platform<\/a>, use of the \u201cn-word\u201d skyrocketed by a staggering 500 percent.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James responded to this story, saying it was \u201cscary AF [as f\u2013k].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns Twitter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1586431561041293312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James tweeted<\/a>. \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 by referring James to a thread by Yoel Roth, Twitter\u2019s head of safety and integrity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\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,\u201d Roth tweeted on Saturday. \u201cTo give you a sense of scale: More than 50,000 Tweets repeatedly using a particular slur came from just 300 accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roth continued: \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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243763548.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1243763548.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk responded to LeBron James&#039; tweet about racial slurs being hurled on Twitter.\" class=\"wp-image-24467831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243763548.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243763548.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Elon Musk responded to LeBron James\u2019 tweet about racial slurs being hurled on Twitter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244370021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1244370021.jpg\" alt=\"LeBron James said it was &#039;scary AF&#039; that the N-Word proliferated on Twitter after Elon Musk purchased the social media platform.\" class=\"wp-image-24467833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244370021.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1244370021.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=342 341w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>LeBron James said it was \u2018scary AF\u2019 that the N-Word proliferated on Twitter after Elon Musk purchased the social media platform.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk, meanwhile, also tweeted that Twitter has not yet changed its moderation policies from when he took over the social media giant last week. <\/p>\n<p>Musk, whose net worth is estimated as being over $220 billion by Forbes, elaborated that he will be forming a panel to handle decisions involving content moderation and whether banned accounts (such as former President Donald Trump) will be permitted to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1586059953311137792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted on Friday<\/a>. \u201cNo major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has responded to the controversy involving the proliferation of the N-word on Twitter. 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