communication
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Elon Musk Praises Improved ‘Community Notes’ as Community Flags His Fake News Post
Twitter updated its Community Notes feature (formerly known as Birdwatch) on Friday, according to a set of posts from a company Twitter account. With the update, Community Notes are now, once again, subject to “scoring,” in which site users can vote on whether or not a note is useful. Additionally, an algorithm change will supposedly…
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The U.S. Ran a Disinfo Campaign Against Russia, China, and Iran on Facebook and Twitter, Researchers Say
We’ve all grown accustomed to hearing about foreign-seeded disinformation campaigns, but we seldom hear about America’s own covert influence operations. On Wednesday, however, social media researchers revealed details about what appears to have been a long-running U.S. disinformation effort aimed at web users in Russia, China, and Iran.
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Russia’s Using Its Fake News Law to Crack Down on Expat Social Media Influencers
The Russian government has added a new target to its geopolitical shit list: expat social media influencers.
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Twitter Adds Warning Labels to Verified Accounts Tweeting Disinformation About Ukraine War
Twitter announced it’s going to do more to combat misinformation on its platform. On Thursday we learned the social media giant will be slapping a “fake news” sticker on misleading tweets from official accounts spouting off about a major crisis or war. Though the offending tweets will remain online, they will be hidden behind a Wizard…