social networks
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Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard
In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation. A report released this week by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 environmental groups, scored several social media platforms. The company with the most points ranked the…
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That’s Not a Knife, These 65,000-Year-Old Stone Ones Are and They Prove Early Humans Had Long-Distance Social Networks
Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world – from the icesheets to the deserts, rainforests to savannahs. As individuals we are rather puny, but when we are socially connected, we are the most dominant species on the planet. New evidence from stone tools in southern Africa shows these…
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Twitter Introduces ‘Circle’, for Tweets You Don’t Want in Everyone’s Timeline
‘Circle’ allows users to make select, individual tweets ‘private’, as opposed to a whole account.
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Twitter Tests Easier Way to Report Abusive Tweets
Twitter is testing a new way of allowing users to report tweets that potentially break the social media platform’s rules. And it’s frankly surprising that it took the company this long to try it out.