What civil rights leaders heard from Elon Musk about curbing hate and lies on Twitter

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about a meeting he and other civil rights leaders had with Elon Musk about curbing misinformation on Twitter.

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The spread of misinformation is still a top concern in this final stretch of the 2022 midterm elections. So where does one influential platform, Twitter, now stand on those concerns? This week, seven civil rights leaders got on a conference call with Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk to try to find out. He is facing increasing pressure as the company has acknowledged a surge in hate speech on the platform. CEO

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