Weil, the governor of Saxony state, said on Tuesday that his Twitter account would be deleted. In fact, experts have warned that if Elon Musk restores the suspended account, there will be a rapid increase in anti-Semitic hate material.
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Stefan Weil, the governor of Germany’s Lower Saxony state, announced on Monday that he was leaving Twitter, saying the microblogging site was being used to incite and incite hatred. Experts have warned that if Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk restores the suspended account, there will be a rise in anti-Semitic hate material. A top European Union official last week urged Musk to reduce the social site’s risk of illegal content.
The governor of Lower Saxony, a state of eight million inhabitants in the northern part of Germany, said on Tuesday that his account would be deleted. He wrote in the last tweet, ‘Due to lack of control and insufficient verification, there is a rapid spread of hate and incitement, fake information and conspiracy theories.’ According to the German news agency ‘DPA’, the Twitter account of the state government will also be deleted. A spokesman for Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the federal government is still considering its options.
Government is keeping a close watch
Asked about Weil’s decision, spokesman Stefan Hebestreit told reporters in Berlin that the government is keeping a very close eye on Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Habestraet said, ‘We are still looking at how things shape up. We will collectively consider whether we should stay on this social site or not. At the same time, abusive tweets against blacks have also increased after Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Indecent tweets against black people increased
Research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate suggests that since Elon Musk took office. Since then, the use of abusive language against black people on Twitter has increased significantly. Earlier 1282 tweets were visible daily. While the number of tweets containing controversial words against black people reached 3,876 since Allen’s takeover on the company. However, Musk rejected all the facts of this research and said that this conclusion is completely wrong. According to the report, ever since Musk took charge of Twitter, hate speech tweets against transgenders have also increased significantly. Although Musk clarified that the purpose of Twitter is to serve such people, who want to have a logical debate, laugh and learn something.
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(with agency inputs)