{"id":1768139,"date":"2022-12-08T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768139"},"modified":"2022-12-08T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:50:06","slug":"musk-fires-back-at-schiff-over-hate-speech-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-fires-back-at-schiff-over-hate-speech-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Fires Back At Schiff Over Hate Speech 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%2Fmusk-fires-back-at-schiff-over-hate-speech-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=1768139&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>A prominent House Democrat raising concerns about hate speech on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> received a terse response Thursday directly from Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Singling out \u201cElon Musk\u2019s Twitter,\u201d Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) shared statistics showing a rise in \u201cslurs\u201d against black people, women, Jewish people, and gay men. \u201cThese numbers are abysmal \u2013 and unacceptable,\u201d Schiff said in a tweet, adding that he and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) were \u201cdemanding action\u201d in response to the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk replied to the tweet hours later. \u201cFalse, hate speech impressions are actually down by 1\/3 for Twitter now vs prior to acquisition,\u201d Musk retorted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">False, hate speech impressions are actually down by 1\/3 for Twitter now vs prior to acquisition <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunityNotes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CommunityNotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1600944225964593152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">False, hate speech impressions are actually down by 1\/3 for Twitter now vs prior to acquisition <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunityNotes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CommunityNotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1600944225964593152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk also tagged Community Notes, a feature previously called Birdwatch, which allows crowd-sourced notes meant to counter misleading information to be affixed to tweets.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Community Notes ftw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8R4bcVd7HS\">pic.twitter.com\/8R4bcVd7HS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnaCrider1\/status\/1600947242340614144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Community Notes ftw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8R4bcVd7HS\">pic.twitter.com\/8R4bcVd7HS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Johnna (@JohnnaCrider1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnaCrider1\/status\/1600947242340614144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since the Telsa and SpaceX boss completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in late October, Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1593673339826212864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged negative and hate tweets<\/a> would be \u201cmax deboosted &amp; demonetized.\u201d He claimed on November 23 that hate speech impressions were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595630109116989440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">down by a third<\/a> from \u201cpre-spike levels,\u201d but groups that study online platforms claim there has been a spike in slurs against marginalized groups in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hate speech impressions down by 1\/3 from pre-spike levels. Congrats to Twitter team! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5BWaQoIlip\">pic.twitter.com\/5BWaQoIlip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595630109116989440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hate speech impressions down by 1\/3 from pre-spike levels. Congrats to Twitter team! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5BWaQoIlip\">pic.twitter.com\/5BWaQoIlip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595630109116989440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/02\/technology\/twitter-hate-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times published a report<\/a> earlier this month about researchers warning of an unprecedented surge in hate speech since Musk took over Twitter. This same report acknowledged a \u201crelatively small\u201d number of slurs posted per day \u2014 numbers in the low thousands \u2014 but otherwise focused on these groups raising the alarm and Twitter\u2019s struggle to reassure concerned advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper posted the report on Twitter, noting their findings and featuring a quote from Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying the new Twitter CEO \u201csent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business.\u201d Musk responded to the tweet, saying, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1598755659499044879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Utterly false<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Musk, dated Thursday, Schiff and Takano cited the findings by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit operation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/takano.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/reps-takano-schiff-call-on-elon-musk-to-tamp-down-hate-speech-on-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked four questions<\/a> about specific measures Twitter is taking to fight hate speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith rapidly changing and unclear policies on content moderation on Twitter, amid documented negative trends and public evidence, we are concerned about the individual and community harm arising from Twitter, including how that could spill from online into real life,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cWe are seeking further information about your plans for content moderation and the capability of your workforce to implement and enforce your policies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent House Democrat raising concerns about hate speech on Twitter received a terse response Thursday directly from Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Singling out \u201cElon Musk\u2019s Twitter,\u201d Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) shared statistics showing a rise in \u201cslurs\u201d against black people, women, Jewish people, and gay men. \u201cThese numbers are abysmal \u2013 and unacceptable,\u201d Schiff &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1890641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Musk Fires Back At Schiff Over Hate Speech On Twitter","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Musk Fires Back At Schiff Over Hate Speech On Twitter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}