Marianna Spring -- BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent
March 20, 2023
(BBC) -- I had just finished my investigation into whether Twitter can protect users under Elon Musk's ownership, when -- to my surprise -- the man himself tweeted about it.
"Sorry for turning Twitter from nurturing paradise into a place that has … trolls," he said in one tweet, posting a screengrab of the report.
According to Twitter's own data, that tweet was seen by more than 30 million profiles.
"Trolls are kinda fun," Mr Musk said in another reply, in his response to my BBC investigation -- Twitter insiders: We can't protect users from trolling under Musk.
It had exposed how hate is thriving under Twitter's new owner. Current and former Twitter employees told me "nobody is taking care of" features designed to protect users from hate and harm.
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