On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events.
and YouTube have struggled to identify and remove such content. In some cases, it's because people use coded language designed to evade automated content moderation., which saw a surge in racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic content following its purchase by Elon Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist.
“If the owner of Twitter himself is pushing false and hateful content against his former head of safety, what can we expect from this platform?" Chakravorti said. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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