Hate speech on X dramatically increased during the several months that Elon Musk served as CEO when compared to the prior months, according to a new study.

These factors can undermine safe and democratic online environments, and increase the risk of offline harms,' study claims

The number of posts containing slurs doubled and the number of bot accounts also increased, new research by a California team suggests.

Hate speech on X was consistently 50% higher for at least eight months after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform, new research has found. The research looked at the prevalence of overt hate speech including a wide range of racist,