Human Rights Groups Raise ‘Concerns’ About ‘Hate Speech’ over Elon Musk Buying Twitter

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Human rights groups have apparently raised “concerns” about the alleged proliferation of hate speech on social media following billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

Even though Elon Musk has implemented no new changes on Twitter, human rights groups have seized on Musk’s self-description as a “free speech absolutist” to fret about the supposed negative consequences of his takeover.

Deborah Brown, a digital rights researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch, told Reuters whoever owns Twitter should “respect the rights of people around the world.”

“Regardless of who owns Twitter, the company has human rights responsibilities to respect the rights of people around the world who rely on the platform,” said Brown. “Changes to its policies, features, and algorithms, big and small, can have disproportionate and sometimes devastating impacts, including offline violence.”

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“Freedom of expression is not an absolute right, which is why Twitter needs to invest in efforts to keep its most vulnerable users safe on the platform,” she added.

Human Rights Watch made no mention of the fact that Twitter banned President Donald Trump from its platform while allowing some of the world’s most brutal regimes to operate freely.

Human Rights Watch’s criticism of Elon Musk did not occur in a vacuum; earlier this year, the organization put Musk’s Tesla on blast for opening a store in China’s Xinjiang province — where the Uyghur genocide camps are located