Musk’s conflicts of interest make him too dangerous to run the global public sphere.
Researchers monitoring a “firehose” of public tweets found signs of increasing toxicity—before Elon Musk reversed bans on Trump and other divisive figures.
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Discussions about the Trump-related, false conspiracy theory have ramped back up
The new owner of Twitter has embarked on a tweeting spree to push back, spar and justify his actions.
Twitter’s mass layoffs included staff responsible for tracking and countering misinformation spread on the platform ahead of and during the US midterm elections.
Researchers at Tufts expressed concern in a report about conspiracy theories on Twitter ahead of the midterms.
The new owner of Twitter has urged his followers to vote Republican.
Biden said Wednesday that voters had proven that “democracy is who we are.”
The single galvanizing narrative is that the 2020 election was stolen,’ observes Tufts scholar in technological change and society
How Meta’s local office went from expansion to slowdown in five months.
The twin traps of election disinformation and Elon Musk’s own impulsiveness both bit Twitter’s rear end over the last 24 hours, and unsurprisingly, advertisers are not exactly clamoring to buy ads on the platform.
Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2022. Twitter’s new subscription rolled out Wednesday with predictably disastrous results
Extremists and toxic posts have flourished on Twitter since it was acquired by Elon Musk a week and a half ago, according to a new report
Elon Musk says the plan makes the site’s signature blue checks more accessible.
False narratives about voting in the midterm elections proliferated on the platform, which has shed half its employees since Mr. Musk bought the company last month.
The collective silence will be the most viral tweet in the world.
Tufts report finds Twitter hate speech on the rise.
Conspiracy theories about mail ballots. Anonymous text messages warning voters to stay home. Fringe social media platforms where election misinformation spreads with impunity.
Voters in the U.S. who go on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook or other platforms to learn about Tuesday’s pivotal U.S. midterm elections are likely to encounter rumors, hearsay and misinformation.
President Biden recently warned American voters that democracy is on the midterm ballot. “In our bones, we know democracy is at risk,” Biden said in the speech.
One word that’s become part of our vocabulary when it comes to politics is ‘misinformation’ and in our recent political climate it seem.
Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter analyzed trending toxic political themes. Pre-Musk, focus was countering misinformation and hate. Post-takeover, discourse quality declined, extremists emerged.
Twitterati should take a sabbatical from the platform until guarantees of good governance, decency and fairness are rebuilt.
Conspiracy theories about mail ballots. Anonymous text messages warning voters to stay home. Fringe social media platforms where election misinformation spreads with impunity.
