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Neil Shaw

Elon Musk mocks BBC Panorama with fake apology for rising abuse on Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk has responded with mockery to a BBC investigation which said the social media platform is struggling to protect users from online abuse and child sexual exploitation, among other things.

In a message posted to the site the entrepreneur apologised “for turning Twitter from nurturing paradise into place that has … trolls.”

He also responded to a user who said that before Mr Musk’s takeover of the platform no one had ever said anything mean to them. “It was a beautiful utopia. Now I fear for my life daily,” the user said.

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