Twitter trolls bombard platform after Elon Musk takeover

Platform says 300 accounts carried out 50,000-plus tweets in organised effort to make users think firm has changed content policy'

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Twitter has been hit by a coordinated trolling campaign in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover, with more than 50,000 tweets from 300 accounts bombarding the platform with hateful content.

The social media platform said it has been targeted with an attempt to make users think Twitter has dropped or weakened its content policies after the world's richest man bought the company for $44bn (38bn) last week.