The reach of hate speech on Twitter has declined more than expected under Elon Musk, according to the results of a new independent assessment. Twitter’s safety team shared the findings in a thread posted to the platform on March 21, noting that Twitter had recently partnered with software firm Sprinklr to conduct the independent assessment. According to Sprinklr, an…
Hate Speech Reach on Twitter Down More Than Expected, Independent Assessment Shows
Peter Menzies: Calgary Mayor’s Bylaw to Silence Protests She Disagrees With Goes Against Democracy
Commentary Imagine, if you would, a major North American city so overwhelmed with wokeness it feels compelled to muzzle the speech of citizens whose views its mayor finds disagreeable. Welcome to Calgary. Deemed by some studies as the continent’s most livable city, it can now cheerfully stake claim to being a hillbilly haven of tinpot…
US Judge Blocks New York’s Social Media Law Targeting Hate Speech, Cites First Amendment Concerns
February 18, 2023
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A federal judge recently issued a preliminary injunction against a New York state law that implicates hate speech, saying it violates Americans’ constitutionally-protected First Amendment rights. New York General Business Law Section 394-ccc, also referred to as the Hateful Conduct Law, came into effect on Dec. 3, 2022. It compels platforms to “provide and maintain mechanisms for…
EU Official’s Remarks About Hate Speech Laws Coming to America ‘Very Chilling,’ Free Speech Advocate Says
January 30, 2023
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News Analysis Recent remarks by Věra Jourová, the European Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, addressing online speech, the status of Twitter, and what Jourová sees as the likely advent of laws proscribing “hate speech” in the United States, show either an ignorance of or contempt…
Sheila Lee Jackson’s Racist Bill
Commentary Have you recently posted something on social media about your concern with the exacerbating situation on the U.S. southern border? How about the potential dangers of unmitigated flows of illegal newcomers entering the country without a properly thorough vetting process? In the past three years, have you posted any crime statistics highlighting the spike…
‘Utterly False’: Musk Blasts New York Times for Hate Speech Report on Twitter
December 4, 2022
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Twitter owner Elon Musk blasted a New York Times report claiming problematic content and hate speech was on an “unprecedented” rise on the platform following his takeover, countering earlier claims by the billionaire. According to findings by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League, and other groups, the NY Times reported that slurs…
Musk Blasts Claims That Reinstating Banned Twitter Accounts Puts ‘Lives at Risk’
November 26, 2022
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Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk took a swipe at a mainstream media report that cited activists claiming lives were being put at risk by Musk’s decision to reinstate a number of banned Twitter accounts, including that of former President Donald Trump. “Much Ado About Nothing,” Musk said in a tweet Friday, responding to left-leaning Axios’ report…
Changing of the Guard: Can Musk Deliver on His Promises for Free Speech and Information?
October 31, 2022
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Commentary Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and his immediate firing of top brass represents a potential weakening of the Big Digital woke cartel that controls information, censers content, censures and bans users, and serves as a propaganda arm of leftist totalitarian statists. Given their cooperation with and promotion of leftist statism, it is more than evident that…
How Blatant Anti-White Racism Won Acceptance in Elite America
September 28, 2022
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Commentary In a 2021 lecture at Yale University titled “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” psychiatrist Aruna Khilanani described her “fantasies of unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way, burying their body and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in my…
No Evidence Republican Teen Killed in North Dakota Was Extremist: Highway Patrol Captain
September 23, 2022
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North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind has dismissed Shannon Brandt’s claim that the 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson who he killed was a Republican extremist. Brandt struck Ellingson with his SUV following a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota, early Sunday. Ellingson was admitted to a hospital in Carrington, where he was pronounced dead. Later that…
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