Use of the N-word racial slur increased threefold on during the first week after 's takeover of the social media site, despite assurances it had reduced hateful activity on its platform, an explosive new study revealed.An investigation by the nonprofit U.K.-based Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found the use of racist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-Semitic slurs soared significantly after Musk took over Twitter on October 27, The study revealed in his first week, the anti-Semitic slur 'k***', and racist terms 'w**' and 's***' - appeared in 2,598, 1,256, and 935 retweets. That's an increase of 23%, 62%, and 77% respectively compared to the average for 2022.
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