An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter in the hours after billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over the social network, raising fears that his pledge of unrestricted free speech could fuel a new wave of online hate.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Racist tweets quickly surface after Musk closes Twitter deal
Anonymous Twitter accounts celebrated Musk’s takeover and argued it meant the old rules against bigotry no longer applied
By Drew Harwell
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Updated October 28, 2022 at 6:36 p.m. EDT|Published October 28, 2022 at 9:27 a.m. EDT