Right-Wing Trolls Are Trying to Break Back Into Twitter

flashed across Joe Mulhall’s screen. Mulhall is director of research at Hope Not Hate, a British antiracism and antifascism group that campaigns against bigotry.

The ripple effects have already begun. On Monday, Christopher Bouzy, the founder of Bot Sentinel, a service that tracks inauthentic behavior on Twitter, noticed that a number of left-leaning accounts had already complained about losing followers. Bouzy noticed that he had lost 400 of his 77,000-odd followers. At first, he didn’t think it was a big deal: People churn through who they follow on a regular basis.

The results by the end of April 25 were significantly different—5,132 accounts from across the political spectrum had been deactivated and a further 341 suspended. Other indicators looked strange as well. “We’re seeing this significant increase in right-wing accounts starting to follow these other accounts,” Bouzy says. “It could be a bat signal where they feel safe to come back to Twitter, or it could be something else going on.

The issue isn’t limited to the United States. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has seen tenfold gains in his number of followers in the last two days, compared to his prior average, while Canadian premier Justin Trudeau lost followers on April 26, countering average daily gains. “It doesn’t make sense,” Bouzy says. “I don’t understand why Musk acquiring Twitter would have that effect on Brazilian politics.

WiredUK What about the left-wing trolls?

WiredUK You do know there is a 'block' option right? I agree with Musk, even lies and defamation should be allowed. Free speech is free speech, if you don't like it don't read it

WiredUK Free speech and big open mouth are different

WiredUK He’s only an absolutist in countries that have free speech in countries that don’t he’s not an absolutist,so really he’s not a free speech absolutist

WiredUK When we don’t understand the limits of free speech we inevitably defend abuse. The right to lie to others, encourage violence, or threaten people is not the purpose of free speech.

WiredUK Because right wing trolls are so much worse than left wing trolls?

WiredUK If you’re really scared or offended by Conservative view points, then maybe social media isn’t for you! I don’t like far left Liberal trolls, so I don’t pay attention to their posts and that’s working just fine!

WiredUK Every American should be free speech maximalists since that’s literally the first right we codified in our Bill of Rights

WiredUK Just a different shade of smearing I see, nice try Wired, Smear campaigns getting old now🤡🌏

WiredUK Musks version of free speech includes hate speech and harassment… Twitter is just a cesspool of shit and just going to get worse. But I don’t care. Keep on trolling!

WiredUK So who are you calling trolls? Anyone who doesn't agree with you?

WiredUK People just don't get it anybody can be on here you don't have to listen to him right wing left wing make your own mind up make the right choice I want to hear what they have to say

jackspa84167797 WiredUK He is basically saying he is not the government, if we don’t like the current laws then we should change them by voting in members of Congress that aline with our views on censorship or free speech.

WiredUK Give me one good point on as to how Elon Musk isn't actually a free speech absolutist.

WiredUK Trolls on both sides. Why focus on a 'side' rather than focus on creating a free speech platform?

WiredUK 😂

WiredUK Yes! Free speech involves reading opinions you don’t agree with. I really can’t believe that you somehow think this is problematic🙄

WiredUK Racist is word 😼

WiredUK Lying as free speech without consequences is hegemony.

WiredUK DOM ✊

WiredUK It is impossible to be an absolutist... whatever that even means. The apartheid trustfund boy is a charlatan.

WiredUK And what exactly does that look like? All i see from the left is inciting violence due to things that could happen that lean to the right. Check out lightfoots twitter page. She says they have to 'fight' she says 'call to arms'! This was towards the supreme court!!!

WiredUK Hurricane gun season 🌪🔫

WiredUK He is the very symbol of right wing greed

WiredUK There’s a distinction between harassing someone / threatening someone and someone saying a thing you don’t agree with. At some point we have to learn to accept different perspectives even when those perspectives are gross, misguided, or mean.

WiredUK I’ve lost all respect for you with this piece. Bye 👋🏻

WiredUK My voice is being buried fyi. I'm actually trying to bring attention to something horrific in the nation.

WiredUK It's not even free speech absolutism. It's just not being meaningfully stricter than the laws of the countries they operate in

WiredUK wired used to be decent once upon a time or have they always been trash?

WiredUK Hate and being bizarre makes $.

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