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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 dramatically increased during the several months that Elon Musk served as CEO when compared to the prior months, according to a new study.

Hate speech on X leapt in the months after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform, new research has found.

The number of posts containing slurs doubled and the number of bot accounts also increased, new research by a California team suggests.

The number of toxic messages rose by 50% in the months following the purchase of the social media platform, now named X, and they also received 70% more likes

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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, homophobic and transphobic slurs.

These factors can undermine safe and democratic online environments, and increase the risk of offline harms,' study claims