Saturday, LeBron James responded to a tweet announcing a surge in the use of the “n-word” on Twitter. James wanted to make sure Elon Musk was taking this revelation “very seriously because this is scary AF.”
Huffington Post editor Philip Lewis shared that since Musk’s takeover of Twitter use of the “n-word” surged and increased by nearly 500% according to what a social media group told The Washington Post.
Lewis shared, “Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover sparked a surge in the use of the N-word on the social media platform. A social media research group told The Washington Post the use of the slur increased by nearly 500%.”
James responded to the news with, “I dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns twitter. But I will say that if this is true, I hope he and his people take this very seriously because this is scary AF. So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech.”
Musk responded to James with a tweet from Twitter’s Head of Safety & Integrity which explained that most of the accounts using the expletive were “inauthentic” and that they have moved to ban the accounts that took part in the trolling.
To no surprise, James was offended by the trolls’ efforts and demanded that it be taken care of. Musk’s team has shared they have set things straight. Twitter’s policies have not changed as of now and they may not. Twitter will continue to fight against hateful conduct as well as dehumanizing content and slurs according to Roth.
Roth also notes they don’t have a list of banned words and that context is taken into consideration as the policies are currently written to protect what he calls reclaimed speech.
“Let’s talk for a minute about slurs, hateful conduct, and trolling campaigns. Bottom line up front: Twitter’s policies haven’t changed. Hateful conduct has no place here. And we’re taking steps to put a stop to an organized effort to make people think we have.
Our Rules prohibit Hateful Conduct. This includes targeting people with dehumanizing content and slurs. This DOESN’T mean we have a list of words that are always banned. Context matters. For example, our policies are written to protect reclaimed speech.”
Our Rules prohibit Hateful Conduct. This includes targeting people with dehumanizing content and slurs.
— Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) October 30, 2022
This DOESN’T mean we have a list of words that are always banned. Context matters. For example, our policies are written to protect reclaimed speech. https://t.co/QopEaTwxaX
Seth Dillon, CEO of the Babylon Bee corrected James’s use of a widely miss used term “could care less”.
“You mean you couldn’t care less. If you could care less, then you care at least a little bit.”
We will see where Musk takes Twitter from here.
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