Study: Twitter Allows Hate Speech By Paid Blue Checks

June 1, 2023 Business, Social Media

Twitter has been overwhelmingly not removing hate speech posted on the platform from verified Twitter Blue accounts, according to a report from a nonprofit that opposes the spread of hate and disinformation online.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday that its researchers collected tweets promoting hatred from 100 Twitter Blue accounts and reported them to Twitter’s platform for flagging hateful posts. But it said the platform did not act on 99 percent of the tweets flagged and all of the accounts remained active four days later.

The posts that the organization flagged make racist, antisemitic, homophobic or transphobic remarks. The report also notes one that references violence against LGBTQ rights supporters.

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Twitter has been overwhelmingly not removing hate speech posted on the platform from verified Twitter Blue accounts, according to a report from a nonprofit that opposes the spread of hate and disinformation online. https://t.co/6XiBNEhzX7

— The Hill (@thehill) June 1, 2023