German anti-racism body leaves X over ‘rise in hate speech’::A German agency that tackles discrimination and racism says it is quitting the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It cited a rise in hate speech since owner Elon Musk took over last year.
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FADA said hateful comments and disinformation had “increased particularly” since Tesla tycoon Elon Musk took over the platform formerly known as Twitter last year.
In a statement, FADA said there had been an “enormous increase” in anti-trans and homophobic hostility, racism, misogyny, anti-semitism and other misanthropic content.
Ataman said FADA could only try to combat the surge in hate comments by channeling more resources to the platform, which could be a questionable use of public money.
A rise in disinformation on the platform, with doctored images and misleading claims, has been reported since the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on Saturday.
Many German officials have resisted calls to quit X, saying there was no substitute channel at present that would allow them to reach a broad section of the online public.
X said it had taken steps to curb the recent spread of inappropriate posts and that it had removed newly created Hamas-affiliated accounts to “prevent terrorist content from being distributed online.”
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