Twitter CEO Elon Musk pressed BBC reporter James Clayton during a viral interview after the journalist showed up to Twitter's San Francisco headquarters.

Musk agreed to the spontaneous interview but took issue with the journalist's "farce" that "hateful content" has become more prevalent on Twitter since the billionaire's arrival.

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Clayton told Musk that he had spoken with Twitter users who believe there needs to be greater policing around "hate speech" on the platform.

"Content you don't like or hateful?" Musk asked. "Describe a hateful thing."

Clayton appeared unnerved by the billionaire's question.

"Yeah, uh, you know, content that will solicit a reaction or something that may include something that is slightly racist or slightly sexist," Clayton said. "Those kinds of things."

"So, you think if something is slightly sexist, it should be banned?" Musk pressed.

Clayton attempted to backpedal and said he was not asserting anything in particular.

"I'm trying to understand what you mean by 'hateful content?'" Musk asked the reporter. "You just said that if something is slightly sexist, that's hateful content. Does that mean it should be banned?"

"Well, you've asked me whether my feed, whether it's got less or more [hateful content]. I'd say it's got slightly more," Clayton said.

Musk asked the journalist to name one example, sending him into an apparent retreat.

"I don't actually use that feed anymore because I just don't particularly like it," Clayton said.

"Hang on a second," Musk pushed. "You've said you've seen more hateful content, but you can't name a single example, not even one."

It had been weeks since he last checked that feed, and he couldn't remember specific examples, according to Clayton.

"You can't give a single one." Musk challenged. "I say, sir, that you don't know what you are talking about."

"Really?" Clayton shot back.

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"Yes," Musk answered. "You can't give me a single example of hateful content, not even one tweet, and yet you claimed that the hateful content was high."

"That's a farce. You just lied," he continued.