Controlling actual disinformation without injecting bias or stifling free speech isn’t easy. It’s amazing what a couple of days and $44 billion can do. When I saw that an anti-gun post on Twitter had been fact-checked, it was clear that they were trying something new that ...
The user-voted fact-checks have been added to 70 Musk tweets so far — and most are on his replies. Here's why. 10/11/2024 By Chris Taylor Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again after dropping his previous lawsuit Musk claims OpenAI's Sam Altman 'manipulated' him into co...
As President Donald Trump lashes out at Twitter for fact-checking two of his tweets and prepares an executive order targeting social media companies, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in — on Trump's side. In an interview with Fox News set to air Thursday, May 28, Zuckerberg said t...
I want to tell you guys what I’ve seen personally involving my account, and what’s changed in the last 48 hours. I used Twitter a lot starting around 2011 or so, and kept using it for about five or six years pretty steadily. Then I got annoyed by the fact that I was clearly ge...
The rumor of a subscription-based platform comes after months of new feature updates. Last month, Twitter introduced a feature where it suggested a userread an article before sharing, gave people the option to choosewho replies to their threads, and fiercely added fact-check labels to tweets co...
(in fact, it’s often a casual comment), and the problem has gotten so pronounced on Twitter that it has turned into a meme among Black usersbombarded by such messages. One person complained that they see the bots more than their own family — only to be hit by another bot reply. ...
But it reading about it after the fact always hurts so good. Do any of you have a good hookup for Minnesota Gophers football tickets? I need 4 for the#Huskersgame. LET ME KNOW. — Erin Sorensen (@erinsorensen)October 5, 2015
Check out this week’s edition of We Are: The Guard’s 10 Twitter Moments, featuring Phoebe “Cold Bitch Winter” Bridgers, Grimes, The Weeknd, and more! - PHOEBE BRIDGERS IS READY FOR COLD BITCH WINTER hot girl summer implies the existence of cold bitch winter — traitor joe (@phoebe_...
While it’s not clear if the drama is causing many users to leave — in fact, having a front-row seat to the chaos may prove entertaining to some — lesser-known sites Mastodon and even Tumblr are emerging as new (or renewed) alternatives. Here’s a look at some of them. (Oh, and...
The Poynter Institutereports thatfact-checking organization Science Feedback has found increased engagement with misinformation accounts since Elon Musk took over the company. On average, the 490 superspreader accounts investigated in the study received 44% more interactions post-acquisition. ...