This week, Musk disbanded the Trust and Safety Council, made up of civil, human rights and other organizations to address hate speech, harassment, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform
A new report claims that more than a third of Twitter’s biggest advertisers have now pulled their ads from the platform | Techdirt
Since Musk has taken over, the most obvious sign of change at Twitter are the formerly banned users whose accounts have been reinstated. | The Times of India
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.
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.
The new owner of Twitter has urged his followers to vote Republican.
The single galvanizing narrative is that the 2020 election was stolen,’ observes Tufts scholar in technological change and society
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
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.
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.
Examining 16.3M tweets (Feb-Oct ’22) from 5 nations on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, reactions shifted: positive to criticism, negativity to buyout plan, sadness on his control. Across countries, emotions followed Musk’s moves on Twitter.
Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump Jr. and Republican lawmakers are seeing their follower counts spike, while Democrats’ are on the decline.
While the Twitter community backed Musk’s tweets criticizing the platform, those feelings quickly turned sour at the idea of the billionaire buying Twitter.
Taking Twitter off the public equity markets, as he wants to, would give him license to do as he pleases with the platform.
Musk would likely decimate Twitter’s brand and reputation, say current and former employees.
Internet giants grapple with how to handle the Taliban’s activities on their platforms.
Jack Dorsey’s new-found courage to silence Trump’s Twitter handle may have been helped by the reality that an ex-president, now twice impeached, who incited a mob to attack his own seat of government, may command fewer advertising dollars.
We Democrats soon to be in charge of Senate Committees, experts expect ferocious action on reform of Section 230 as well as antitrust.
Far from a game-changer, the case highlights how observers continue to get Big Tech wrong.
Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the spread of misinformation across social media platforms, which has increased as we draw closer to the 2020 presidential election.
Rather than prepare to reopen, Bhaskar Chakravorti recommends that companies help employees settle into operating remotely.
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