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What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner
2 years, 8 months ago

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude term to make fun of his belly. At times it’s pretty extreme,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media and who recently assigned Musk’s tweets as reading material for their …

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What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner
2 years, 8 months ago

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude sexual term to make fun of his belly. At times it’s pretty extreme,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media and who recently assigned Musk’s tweets as reading material for …

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Twitter says testing edit button, hours after Elon Musk starts poll
2 years, 9 months ago

Twitter says testing edit button, hours after Elon Musk starts poll

Firstpost  

Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It further stated that the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible” San Francisco: Twitter, on Tuesday, tweeted that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project …

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Did social media actually counter election misinformation?
4 years, 2 months ago

Did social media actually counter election misinformation?

Associated Press  

Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates. “They’re just appending this little label to the president’s posts, but they’re appending those to any politician talking about the election,” said McGregor, who blamed both the tech giants and traditional media outlets …

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Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets that falsely called mail-in ballots “substantially fraudulent” and predicted a “Rigged Election.” On Wednesday, the president threatened to impose new regulation on social media companies or even to “close them down.” But Twitter’s move and Trump’s reaction raise a host …

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Politicians’ tweets could get slapped with warning labels
5 years, 6 months ago

Politicians’ tweets could get slapped with warning labels

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Presidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with warning labels. I am arguing that hate speech is never in the public interest.” Twitter refused to comment on whether any of Trump’s past tweets violated its rules and would not say what role, if …

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