{"id":590998,"date":"2023-09-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/x-didnt-take-action-on-86-percent-of-hate-speech-posts-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:00:00","slug":"x-didnt-take-action-on-86-percent-of-hate-speech-posts-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/x-didnt-take-action-on-86-percent-of-hate-speech-posts-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#X didn\u2019t take action on 86 percent of hate speech posts: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/AP23210307779185-e1694460785899.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>X, formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, did not take action against a majority of posts with \u201cextreme hate speech,\u201d according to a new report from an anti-hate-speech organization. <\/p>\n<p>Research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an organization that tracks online hate speech and misinformation, found X did not take action against 86 percent of posts containing hate speech when monitored, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\/research\/twitter-x-continues-to-host-posts-reported-for-extreme-hate-speech\">a report<\/a>\u00a0published Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Taking a sample of 300 posts from 100 accounts that were categorized as having hate speech, CCDH researchers found 259, or 86.33 percent, of the 300 posts were still up on the platform one week after being reported to moderators. The CCDH said 90 out of the 100 accounts also remained active.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The posts that were not taken down included those that denied the Holocaust, mocked Holocaust victims, glorified the Nazis, condemned interracial relationships, as well as racist memes, according to the CCDH.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers identified a subset of 140 posts that specifically promoted antisemitism and found X left up 119, or 85 percent, of the 140 posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit watchdog group said each post was in \u201cclear violation\u201d of X\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/hateful-conduct-policy\">hateful conduct policies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The findings follow a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of reports tracking hate speech against minority groups \u2014 including LGBTQ individuals, Muslims and Jews, as well as dis- and misinformation \u2014 on social media platforms, including X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\/research\/twitter-fails-to-act-on-twitter-blue-accounts-tweeting-hate\/\">a report<\/a>\u00a0published in June, the CCDH similarly found X did not act on 99 percent of tweets from 100 verified Twitter Blue accounts that the organization flagged as tweeting hateful views.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Later in July, Elon Musk\u2019s X Corp, the parent company of X,\u00a0filed a lawsuit against the CCDH,\u00a0alleging the nonprofit improperly gained access to data on the platform for its research.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Musk\u00a0accused\u00a0the Anti-Defamation League of \u201ctrying to kill\u201d X, and threatened a lawsuit against the group, which similarly fights against hate speech and antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Since purchasing the platform last fall, Musk has come under fire for a series of controversial choices including his emphasis on free speech and scaling back on content moderation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMusk claims to be pro-free speech, yet he has proven incredibly thin-skinned, issuing legal threats when criticized for his botched management of Twitter\/ X. It is not free speech but hate speech which has truly prospered in his time at Twitter\/ X, emboldened by his interactions with far-right white supremacists and conspiracy theorists,\u201d CCDH founder and CEO Imran Ahmed wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpunity for loud bigots creates a hostile environment for the victims of abuse and most folks who don\u2019t want to venture into a cesspit of hatred every day,\u201d\u00a0he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with CNBC last month, X. Corp CEO Linda Yaccarino pushed back on recent criticism of X,\u00a0claiming it\u00a0is now a \u201cmuch healthier and safer platform\u201d than it was a year ago. Yaccarino said the platform has built brand safety and content moderation tools that have \u201cnever existed\u201d before Musk\u2019s purchase of the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Yaccarino pointed to the company\u2019s recently introduced \u201cFreedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach\u201d\u00a0enforcement <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/product\/2023\/freedom-of-speech-not-reach-an-update-on-our-enforcement-philosophy#:~:text=These%20beliefs%20are%20the%20foundation,making%20the%20content%20less%20discoverable.\">policy,<\/a> which the company described as, \u201cwhere <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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