hate speech
noun
: speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people
Hate speech is not allowed at school.
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Grok is trained in part on users’ posts on X, which often include hate speech and white nationalist content.
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Musk made sweeping changes after taking over the site, firing huge numbers of personnel and reversing account bans for users who had been booted from the platform after posting hate speech or inciting violence.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
And worse, that hate speech is multiplied by the silence.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
Will Stancil, a policy researcher and Democrat who last year mounted an unsuccessful run for state office in Minnesota and is known for engaging in impassioned political arguments on X, was one of many people documenting Grok’s descent into racist hate speech.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Musk made sweeping changes after taking over the site, firing huge numbers of personnel and reversing account bans for users who had been booted from the platform after posting hate speech or inciting violence.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
And worse, that hate speech is multiplied by the silence.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
Will Stancil, a policy researcher and Democrat who last year mounted an unsuccessful run for state office in Minnesota and is known for engaging in impassioned political arguments on X, was one of many people documenting Grok’s descent into racist hate speech.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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“Hate speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20speech. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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