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2022-11-07 03:42:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AD38A0C347E9306CF15C9FDD76FFEFDF542C5A2359B9D071A2D5FE768812DC37
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This is categorically untrue. Hate speech on Twitter soared after the day Elon Musk took control of the company - 4.7 times higher than the seven-day average leading up to that day. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-caused-measurable-spike-hate-speech-study/ https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/2022/10/29/study-finds-hate-speech-increases-on-twitter-after-elon-musk-acquisition/ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hate-speech-increased-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-study/story?id=92445797 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-29/musk-s-twitter-roils-with-hate-speech-as-trolls-test-new-limits
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