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Elon Musk calls out BBC reporter over allegations of increased ‘hate speech’ on Twitter

Updated: April 13, 2023 at 9:57 am EST  See Comments

Thu Apr 13, 2023 – 9:21 am EDTThu Apr 13, 2023 – 9:24 am EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — Elon Musk put a BBC journalist on the spot during an interview released Tuesday night, calling him out for accusing Musk’s Twitter of facilitating a rise in “hate speech” while being unable to name a single example of such content.

“We’ve spoken to people very recently who were involved in moderation and they just say there are not enough people to police this stuff, particularly around hate speech in the company,” BBC tech reporter James Clayton said to Musk. “Is that something that you want to address?”

BBC reporter claims there’s more “hateful” content on Twitter since takeover by @elonmusk but can’t give a single example. Amazing exchange.

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— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) April 12, 2023

The Tesla and SpaceX founder, who purchased Big Tech platform Twitter last year, urged Clayton to go into more detail about what he meant by “hate speech,” asking him whether it’s “just content you don’t like” and pushing him to “describe a hateful thing.”

“Yeah, you know just, content will solicit a reaction that may include something slightly racist or slightly

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