(CBrief) – Being the chief executive officer of a multibillion-dollar social media company is more than a full-time job, but Twitter boss Elon Musk appears to have settled into his new role rather well. In fact, he appears even to have time to help run some of the platform’s fact-checking operations.
Musk responded to criticism from Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday after the California Democrat, whose party will no longer control the House come January, made several false claims about rising abuse on the platform since Musk has implemented looser speech policies.
Schiff tweeted: “On Elon Musk’s Twitter: – Slurs against Black people have tripled – Slurs against women are up 33% – Slurs against Jewish people are up 61% – And slurs against gay men are up 58% These numbers are abysmal – and unacceptable. Today, @RepMarkTakano and I are demanding action.”
Musk replied: False, hate speech impressions are actually down by 1/3 for Twitter now vs prior to acquisition @CommunityNotes.”
False, hate speech impressions are actually down by 1/3 for Twitter now vs prior to acquisition @CommunityNotes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2022
Previously, the controversial Democratic lawmaker accused Musk of abusing animals during testing for one of his technology companies, Neuralink.
“When he’s not sabotaging safeguards against digital misinformation and hate, Or laying off thousands of employees, Elon Musk is running a company that performs cruel and deadly tests on animals? Doesn’t sound like a genius to me. Not even an unstable one,” Schiff tweeted.
When he's not sabotaging safeguards against digital misinformation and hate,
Or laying off thousands of employees,
Elon Musk is running a company that performs cruel and deadly tests on animals?
Doesn’t sound like a genius to me.Not even an unstable one.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 7, 2022
Last week, Musk also published a graphic showing that since his takeover, hate speech incidents have fallen considerably.
“Hate speech impressions (# of times tweet was viewed) continue to decline, despite significant user growth! @TwitterSafety will publish data weekly. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of reach. Negativity should & will get less reach than positivity,” he wrote.
Hate speech impressions (# of times tweet was viewed) continue to decline, despite significant user growth!@TwitterSafety will publish data weekly.
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of reach. Negativity should & will get less reach than positivity. pic.twitter.com/36zl29rCSM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
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