There are four approaches to the current issue with Muskwitter:
1. Boycott and get every humane person likewise to boycott Twitter,
perhaps finding a new alternative to Twitter that will not allow hate
speech against any group (even Republiklans and their fellow travelers
in the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Klan, Nazis, etc.) nor violent
suggestions (whether democidal or directed towards individuals).
1.1 Note that opposition to a political group or nation state, even one
that claims to get its actions from divine commands (e.g., kill X, this
land is the land of religion A and no others, etc., for some X or A), is
not hate speech, nor is disagreement with actions specified by divine
commands (nor any other commands, divine or otherwise). Opposition is
not hate, but demands for violence, segregation, second class
"citizenship", etc., based upon race, ethnicity, gender, orientation,
identification, etc., is hate.
2. Take or get legal action against Twitter and/or Musk, including
implementing laws that restrict "free" speech such as shouting "fire"
when there is none (such as a crowded venue).
3. Find a mechanism to re-purchase Twitter from Musk -- making him an
offer that he financially cannot refuse.
4. Boycott ALL Musk businesses, including Tesla. If the product is from
a Musk entity, AVOID IT even if a competitor has a higher price. Hit
Musk in the only way he understands: revenue and wealth. Treat Musk as
Kanye West.
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Neo-Nazis, Antisemites, and the N-Word: Twitter Just Hours Under
Elon Musk
Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk appears at a meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022.
Minutes after Elon Musk became Twitter’s official owner, the platform wasfilled with vile hate speech <https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1585912048546091008>as users celebrated.
The very first hours of Musk’s stewardship of the social media platform have been dominated by his supporters relishing their ability to use profane slurs and racial epithets, and a torrent of racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, and transphobic hate speech continued Friday morning.
“Since Elon Musk made Twitter free speech haven, I'll say this: FUCK N*****S,” one account tweeted. “Fuck n*****s and fuck the jews,” another tweeted alongside a picture of Pepe the Frog, a far-right symbol.
Other Twitter users documented other examples of hate speech proliferating on the site Thursday evening and into Friday morning.
Musk’s first act as owner of the company was to fire its top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s longtime head of legal, police, trust and safety. Many read this as a sign that Musk will be taking a much more laissez-faire approach to the type of content allowed on the platform.
Many of the earlier tweets have been deleted and some of the accounts suspended, indicating that Twitter’s moderation policies remain in place. However, those systems are being harshly tested on Friday morning as a search of the latest tweets for a variety of hateful phrases shows a seemingly unending stream of toxic content.
Musk on Thursday tried to reassure advertisers that Twitter would be “warm and welcoming to all,” adding that it would not descend into a “free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.”
One account that’s expected to be reactivated under Musk’s leadership is that of former President Donald Trump. But on Friday morning, Trump said he was happy posting on his own network, Truth Social, which he claimed had “become somewhat of a phenomena.”
Comparing it to Twitter and other social networks, Trump said Truth Social “also looks and works better to my eye. I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country. Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better. I LOVE TRUTH!”
Users celebrating Musk’s Twitter takeover have also felt emboldened to directly target others. A number of users, predominantly women, have said that thelevel of abuse they’re<https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1585846350620532736>receiving hasshot up <https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1585840327817981953>in the hours since Musk’s takeover.
Others appear to see Musk’s takeover as the final straw and have claimed they’ll be deleting their Twitter accounts, something those on the far-right are also celebrating.
