Elon Musk said Twitter wouldn't become a 'hellscape.' It's already changing

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Elon Musk regularly tweets and shares controversial things on Twitter, but now that he’s the boss, his actions take on new significance. In this photo, Musk arrives for the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

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A surge in racist slurs, a coordinated campaign to spread antisemitic memes, an owner posting a baseless conspiracy theory: welcome to the first few days of Elon Musk’s Twitter.

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