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Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BoycottPro@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/13/study-finds-persistent-spike-in-hate-speech-on-x/

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  • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Isn’t a “persistent spike” just an increase?

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      An increase that never stops increasing.

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      • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Who’d have guessed that Musk’s promise to “maximize free speech” was just a dogwhistle to allow the worst of society to say all the worst things with no pushback.

        Oh yeah I guess everyone guessed that. None of these fucks cares about “free speech” they want “free speech without consequences specifically for me, but definitely consequences for the speech of people I don’t like.”

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      • Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        And a rapid one.

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    • lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So delighted (probably not the right word, feeling) that this was the top comment when I arrived.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well yeah site own by a nazi.

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    • BoycottPro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      100%! I’m sure you’re not using it but if you have friends/family still on there urge them to quit using Twitter.

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      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No one I personally know uses it. I quit the moment he bought Twitter.

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      • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t really hear many talk about social media. But that’s because I don’t go on anything but this. I definitely don’t talk about it in every day conversation either.

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  • BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then it’s not a spike, it’s a trend. Created by, mostly (hopefully) bots, there to move the overton window and normalise racism and hyper-regressive world views to divide the working class while the rich use us as Cannon fodder for their genocide against our fellow working class. Wankers.

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    • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Its working, horrifyingly. In several communities lately ive seen moderators start to treat violent racism and antisemitism as personal beliefs that do not on their own necessitate banning. This in private progressive leaning communities too. Eugencist christian white nationalism is becoming a normal tolerated ideology to have.

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  • Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In other news, grass is green.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Persistent spike” isn’t a spike. That’s the status quo.

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  • DrFistington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So if you do nothing to prevent a problem, and In fact, actively encourage the problem, it gets worse?

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  • BlueZen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Study also finds that the sky is blue.

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    • oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Study also finds that fire is hot.

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  • TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t say it’s a “spike”, Bob.

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  • SalamenceFury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Surprise surprise, when the CEO is a Nazi, Nazis think it’s free eats!

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  • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ‘Persistent spike’ is up there with ‘vehicle constantly stopping’ as a nonsense phrase. :) And this from an educational institution?

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    • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Constantly means habitually. I can’t even begin to formulate an apology for persistent spike though.

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      • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’m seeing the more accurate ‘vehicle frequently stopping’ a lot more these days, so someone twigged to it.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    X is for nazis. Tell your friends.

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    • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’d leave it for good if there were non *chan alternatives with anywhere nearly as much hatred and drama

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  • devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No shit. Really?

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  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Anyone still on Twitter is fine hanging out in a Nazi bar.

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  • MemmingenFan923@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Leaving X(/Twitter) is one of the best thing you can do for your mental health

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Somehow, the most reasonable account on Vichy Twitter is Grok because it’s hard to train an LLM using only data only dumbasses wrote.

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    • BoycottPro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sadly that’s going to change. Musk is going to push an update that I suspect will turn Grok into a far-right disinformation parrot or become closer to that. See lemm.ee/post/67429541 and lemm.ee/post/67216433

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      • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        He keeps trying. He seems to think that can be done by just putting his thumb on the system prompt, and then we end up with obvious nonsense like that South African white genocide preoccupation. It’s fortunate the Musk isn’t smart enough to figure out how to do it subtly.

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    considering the ceo, linda yaccarino, spends all day retweeting conspiracy theories and nazi propaganda i'm not surprised.

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    • BoycottPro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I wasn’t aware of this before. No wonder Musk felt comfortable stepping down as CEO, he just appointed a like-minded person.

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  • wanderwisley@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You just now found out about this?

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  • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The new analysis contradicts the social media platform’s claims that exposure to hate speech and bot-like activity decreased during Elon Musk’s tenure.

    They might both be right. I know my exposure to hate speech and bot-like activity decreased since I stopped engaging with that platform.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    yall been posting some amazing water is wet science lately.

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  • Pro@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Article Date: February 13, 2025

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  • Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Will someone tell the 60% bot userbase?

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  • Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No shit.

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