Elon Musk, Hate

Elon Musk promised to stamp out hate speech and bots on X. New research shows neither happened
The number of posts containing slurs doubled and the number of bot accounts also increased, new research by a California team suggests.
Elon Musk's speech in Germany raises concerns about his increased political meddling abroad
Elon Musk's comments at a rally for Germany's far-right AfD party last weekend have raised concerns about the billionaire’s escalating political interference in foreign countries — including Canada.
Hate speech dramatically increased on X under Elon Musk’s watch, researchers say
Hate speech on X dramatically increased during the several months that Elon Musk served as CEO when compared to the prior months, according to a new study. The researchers also found a spike in “likes” of hate posts,
Hate speech on X now 50% higher under Elon Musk’s leadership, new study finds
A new study by the University of California, Berkeley found that hate speech rose by 50 per cent in the months after billionaire Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter. View on euronews
Hate speech on X surged for at least 8 months after Elon Musk takeover – new research
Hate speech on X was consistently 50% higher for at least eight months after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform, new research has found. The research looked at the prevalence of overt hate speech including a wide range of racist,
Hate speech on X rose by 50% after Musk's acquisition, analysis suggests
A new analysis suggests that the rate of hate speech on X was about 50% higher for several months after Elon Musk purchased the social media platform than in prior months, and the amount of bot and bot-like accounts did not decline.
Hate speech and spam bots abound on X under Elon Musk, new study shows
These factors can undermine safe and democratic online environments, and increase the risk of offline harms,' study claims
Elon Musk's Australia woes, boy, 15, charged with murder of pizza shop owner, police 'disgusted' by flood act
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the alleged fatal stabbing of a pizza shop owner in Sydney's west.
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Elon Musk playing ‘three dimensional chess’ with $155bn bid for OpenAI, experts say
Australian AI experts say there’s a bigger move at play behind a bid from an Elon Musk-led consortium to take ... Read More ...
Australia’s Tesla sales have plummeted. Is Elon Musk to blame?
Australian Tesla sales dropped by 30 per cent in January and Elon Musk's increasingly divisive behaviour could be to blame.
Love Tesla but not Elon Musk? There’s a bumper sticker for that
Last year, Tesla suffered a near 17 per cent drop on its 2023 vehicle sales figures in Australia: the decline could steepen this year as cheaper Chinese imports – BYD, Zeekr, GWM – flood the market.
Why Trump and Elon Musk want to shut down the world's largest humanitarian aid donor
Amid Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s push to reshape the US government, the world’s largest development agency, USAID, has ...
Elon Musk-led group makes shock $97.4B bid for OpenAI — but Sam Altman quips, ‘No thank you’
A group of investors led by Elon Musk has reportedly made an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI – adding ...
‘Absolute mess’: Musk to cut billions from defence, shipbuilding
Donald Trump said he would seek to cut billions of dollars from the Pentagon budget as the next target, while a top adviser described huge shipbuilding waste.