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How Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has led to a surge in online hate speech
In October of 2022, Elon Musk fulfilled the prophecy of his acquisition of Twitter, entering the company’s headquarters wielding a sink and a promise to become a “free speech absolutist”. Joe Drennan looks at the social media platform’s freefall since and its stark rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Buying up Twitter may have cost tech giant […]