Elon Musk smeared Twitter's former head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, by falsely and baselessly claiming that he supports the sexualisation of children, in a tweet on Saturday. | BISouthAfrica
from the University of Pennsylvania titled"Gay Data" and said:"Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor of children being able to access adult Internet services in his PhD thesis."
The research paper is about Grindr, the location-based social networking app, targeted at LGBTQ people. In the excerpt Musk posted, Roth advocated for social platforms like Grindr to become safe spaces for queer youth under the age of 18. Roth wrote that Grindr is not"a safe and age-appropriate resource for teenagers," but since queer youth already use it, such platforms"should instead focus on crafting safety strategies that can accommodate a wide variety of use cases.
Roth did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about Musk's accusations outside of normal working hours.
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