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While Musk is trying to placate advertisers, his actions are jeopardizing brand and user safety on the platform, where hate speech has soared.

Researchers who study disinformation said most efforts to stoke doubt about election results had failed to take root.

The activists, however, weren’t fazed — and neither were legal experts, who scoffed at the threat.

Free Press’ Nora Benavidez talks to Democracy Now! about how Musk has exacerbated already-toxic conditions at Twitter.

Edward Perez says that “manufactured chaos” by bad actors will be even riskier thanks to Elon Musk’s own mayhem.

Concerns are growing that tumult inside Twitter in the first week after it was acquired by Elon Musk could weaken its safeguards for elections.

Free Press is urging companies to suspend their advertising on the platform in response to the sweeping layoffs, which have gutted entire teams.

Until Musk invests in staff who can robustly enforce Twitter’s existing community standards, the platform will not be safe for advertisers or users.

Leaders say the layoffs undermine the commitments Musk made to the groups to keep safety and election-integrity measures in place on the platform ahead of Election Day.

One lawsuit has already been filed, and experts expect more to come.