Hate Speech

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called attention to the prevalence of extremist and hateful content on Steam, accusing the platform of enabling the spread of such material. According to the ADL's findings, over 1.8 million instances of hate-related content, including Nazi...

A U.S. judge has indicated that Elon Musk‘s X may not succeed in its lawsuit against a non-profit organization that has been critical of the surge in hate speech on the social media platform. What Happened: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer suggested that he...

In the wake of revelations that its advertisements were placed alongside antisemitic content, IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has decided to suspend its advertising on the social media platform X. What Happened: IBM’s decision came in response to a Media Matters for America disclosure. The...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is intensively moderating content across its platforms, eliminating over 795,000 content breaches of its guidelines in Hebrew and Arabic in the three days following the Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7. In the period following the...

Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) partnered with Modulate to address the toxic behavior often found in the voice chats of its first-person shooter Call of Duty. The company used an AI technology called ToxMod, designed to identify and flag negative behaviors such as hate speech,...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk intends to launch a high-stake legal action against billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros-funded NGOs.  What Happened: On Wednesday, Musk, who acquired Twitter, now rebranded as X, made this...

Amidst allegations of “hate speech” rising on Elon Musk’s Twitter, now rebranded as “X,” the tech billionaire’s latest announcement has received widespread attention from netizens and famous figures alike, including Donald Trump Jr....

Elon Musk, the owner of X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, tweeted that the main goal of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-hate speech campaign group, is censoring public dialogue. What Happened: The CCDH has accused Musk’s X Corp of intimidation following a legal...

In a conflicting narrative, Elon Musk’s Twitter touts a decline in hate speech, but users on the platform continue to demand further clarification and transparency. What Happened: On Tuesday, the Twitter Safety account highlighted a decrease in hate speech on the...

Free Speech Or Hate Speech? Shortly after Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) took over Twitter in the name of free speech, slurs against Black Americans tripled from an average of 1,282 times a day to 3,876. Slurs against gay men rose to 3,964 times a day from 2,...

Days after Twitter CEO Elon Musk and a BBC reporter got into a heated argument over the rise of hate speech on the platform, the microblogging site announced a new policy.  What Happened: Musk’s Twitter 2.0 has been subjected to criticism, even though...

On Tuesday night, Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was interviewed by James Clayton, the technology reporter for BBC North America. During the course of the interview, conducted on Twitter Spaces, the billionaire entrepreneur turned the tables and for a time became the interviewer. What Happened:...

Elon Musk‘s Twitter partnered with Sprinklr to independently assess “hate speech” on the platform, but the result has left netizens with more questions than answers.  What Happened: Twitter Safety account shared the assessment result done by Sprinklr, an American software company...

Twitter Inc.'s new chief Elon Musk congratulated the team on bringing the "hate speech impressions" down — but is there more to it than meets the eye?  What Happened: Musk shared a screengrab on Twitter, saying that hate speech impressions were significantly lower from...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) says the detection of hate speech has decreased significantly on Facebook and Instagram — the same might not be accurate for Elon Musk’s Twitter.  What Happened: On Tuesday, Meta released its latest Integrity and Transparency reports. It stated...