LGBTQ+ rights groups across Africa said they are offering online safety training and trauma counseling to users after seeing a rise in hate speech since Elon Musk took over the platform.
Elon Musk says hate on the platform has fallenrights groups across Africa said they are offering online safety training and trauma counseling to users after seeing a rise in hate speech since Elon Musk took over the platform.
Billionaire and self-declared “free speech absolutist” Musk’s takeover of Twitter in late October sparked alarm from rights groups across the world over concerns ranging from hate speech and disinformation to data privacy. Musk has reinstated some accounts that were previously suspended under a “general amnesty” for users.Last month, he shared a graphic indicating that Twitter hate speech had briefly spiked after his buyout, but has since dropped by a third compared to pre-spike levels.
Gay sex is criminalised in more than half of the continent’s 54 countries, according to rights groups. Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian LGBTQ+ activist, said he used the site to find supporters for a crowdfund to provide advocacy training for sexual minorities. Under the draft law, online platforms can be prosecuted for publishing content which is supportive of LGBTQ+ people. Campaigners fear if it is passed, officials may use the law to seek personal information of LGBTQ+ users to incriminate them.
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