The Whiteness of Mastodon
The Tech Policy Press Podcast
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What Has Happened in Response to Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter?
Right wing belligerent users took Elon Musk's takeover Twitter as a sign that the rules no longer applied to them. We saw a 500% jump I believe it was in the use of racial slurs we saw a massive increase in anti semitism and anti LGBTQ sentiment. What happened was people were simply not afraid of being punished for their rule violations because they felt that the new boss would have their back. And so, Musk didn't actually have to change anything to produce this influx of violence against marginalized subjects and then drive people off the platform.
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