Misinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool
NPRMisinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool Enlarge this image toggle caption David Odisho/Getty Images David Odisho/Getty Images When Michele Rogosky heard about the shooting at The University of Virginia on Sunday night, she called her son right away, panicking. "It's interesting because I was glued to Twitter last Tuesday," Rogosky says, referring to election night. Sponsor Message Soon after, Twitter was flooded with impersonators and misinformation, with fake George W. Bush and Tony Blair accounts trading jokes about the Iraq war, and "verified" accounts for public figures and institutions like Rudy Giuliani, Brigham Young University, even Jesus Christ. "Many will be looking for other ways to connect with people and to get information," says Donyale Padgett, a professor of communication studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.
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