“LeBron James It’s scary AF. So many people don’t deserve to say hate speech is free speech,” the NBA superstar said in a new report Saturday.
LeBron James discusses a new report on the recent spate of hate speech on Twitter.
After Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company on Friday. Several anonymous user accounts surfaced on Twitter featuring racial slurs, including Nazi memes and N-words to describe the new Testing company’s moderation policies. The Washington Post reports.
So many inappropriate people have to say hate is free speech,” said James, 37, citing new research publish in a Business Insider article.
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) tweeted Friday. Over the past 12 hours, N-word usage has increased nearly 500% from the previous average.”
Musk, 51, has previously expressed concern about his seemingly relaxed attitude about content moderation. Which includes his thoughts on lifting Donald Trump’s permanent ban.
But just before the Twitter acquisition was complete, Musk sent out a public letter to advertisers, assuring them. That he didn’t want the platform to “switch into a hellish environment where anything can be said without consequences!”
In one of his first tweets on Friday morning, he celebrated the purchase by writing, “Birds are free.”
According to NBC News, he also responded to a tweet from an account. That made unsubstantiated claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. In response to users’ concerns about Twitter removing followers and preventing their content from being seen. Musk replied, “I’ll dig into that more today.”