On April 10, 2024, Elon Musk's social media platform, X, began automatically replacing the word 'Twitter' with 'X' in users' posts on the iOS app, affecting URLs and raising concerns over potential scams. Attempts to patch these issues were quickly initiated by X. Concurrently, on April 11, 2024, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) released a study accusing X of profiting from and encouraging the spread of hate speech amidst the Israel-Gaza war. The CCDH report highlights significant growth in anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim accounts on X, with certain accounts growing four times faster after Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7. These findings have led to accusations against Musk for profiting from tragedy and facilitating the spread of extremist ideology.
It looks like Elon Musk is removing the ability to hide the blue check that comes with X Premium shortly after giving many accounts with over 2,000 followers Premium for free. https://t.co/5UPsf18Nou
The Free Palestine / Pro H@masnicks do not love my account and have flagged it on their group telegrams to jam up the algorithm. There should be a better system at protecting the platform. @Safety @Support @XNotify @elonmusk https://t.co/jSGoxWP1Zo
In its new report, the CCDH reviewed the engagement of 10 prominent X accounts after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. According to the report, the accounts grew four times faster after the raid than before. https://t.co/ACFv3QbnSV
Elon Musk's X has encouraged and profited from the spread of hateful posts in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit research group. https://t.co/Mtmp4DHX0g
Center for Countering Digital Hate accuses X of profiting off antisemitism https://t.co/kQAVGa0Z0G
Center for Countering Digital Hate accuses X of profiting off of antisemitism https://t.co/qfMfOwG3zz
Study finds that anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim accounts have grown on Elon Musk's X https://t.co/ycSGKBwD6C
Twitter Hate Speech Accounts Exploited Israel’s War in Gaza to Grow Four Times Faster A new report reveals how bad actors have capitalized on carnage while spreading extremist ideology. More: https://t.co/5UyyWBNyEc https://t.co/JeJRvZKaPJ
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war: https://t.co/WhVsbLIRB5 by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war https://t.co/nBOntyc1MF
Elon Musk's social media platform is apparently changing any mention of Twitter to X on the mobile version of the app. https://t.co/MkFLmxsPFM
NEWS: The X app for iOS has begun automatically changing all https://t.co/LA6elh6SaW links to https://t.co/bl9ZdZKbHc. When this rolled out yesterday, users found any url including "Twitter" would be affected, which had a risk of scams, but it appears X is quickly patching this. https://t.co/W3ehAuWVUF
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs https://t.co/eZZJaSMFBJ