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Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Way Up on Twitter Since Elon Musk's Takeover: Study

New research shows that Twitter users have used the antigay slur “groomer” more frequently since Elon Musk took over the platform.A study by Media Matters and GLAAD released this week found that Twitter users retweeted nine prominent anti-LGBTQ+ accounts 1,200 percent more when they used the “groomer” slur in their tweets after Musk’s October 27 takeover compared with the month before.The accounts also showed an increase of over 1,100 percent in tweets from right-wing media accounts containing the word. The study looked at prominent far-right influencers, including Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, Jake Shield, Jaimee Michell’s Gays Against Groomers, Blaire White, Allie Beth Stuckey, Seth Dillon, Andy Ngo, and Mike Cernovic.Chaya Raichik’s Libs of TikTok mentions of groomer language grew from about 2,000 to almost 14,000, according to the report.In addition, the study found that mentions of prominent LGBTQ+ accounts in tweets with “groomer” in them increased during that time, with one account rising by more than 225,000 percent after Musk acquired Twitter.The Anti-Defamation League also explored how hateful rhetoric and harassment spread on Twitter. The ADL found that these provocateurs depend on networked harassment to spread hate.
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29.09 / 18:49
Twitter Media Transgender Action Twitter Suspends Libs of TikTok While Account Owner Vows Legal Action
According to the owner of the right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ Twitter account Libs of TikTok, Twitter suspended the account Wednesday.Chaya Raichik, the former Brooklyn real estate saleswoman who runs the hate account, claimed her account was temporarily suspended for no apparent reason. The account received a "wrongful 7-day suspension as the result of a targeted harassment campaign from the Left to deplatform me," Raichik wrote on her blog. For weeks, Libs of TikTok has been targeting hospitals nationwide that provide gender-affirming care and inspiring attacks on the facilities. For example, in Boston, a right-wing extremist was arrested for calling in a hoax bomb threat to Boston Children's Hospital after Raichik targeted the facility online.Raichik reportedly had a law firm send a letter threatening legal action if Twitter decided to ban her account permanently.CEO of the Babylon Bee, a right-wing site advertised to be conservative Christian satire, Seth Dillon took to his Twitter account to call out the platform for kicking Libs of TikTok off it."BREAKING: Twitter has once again hit Libs of TikTok with a 7-day suspension for "hateful conduct." No specific tweets were flagged," Dillon wrote.
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