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How Will Twitter’s Birdwatch Community Debunking Actually Work? A VP Answers Our Questions.
It’s clear that Twitter vice president of product Keith Coleman genuinely believes in Birdwatch, the platform’s community-based debunking feature that will be expanding to 50% of U.S. users this week. The feature has been met with scepticism by some, who worry bad actors will misuse it and fill the social network with even more misinformation.
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Android Won’t Touch Truth Social Because the App Fails to Moderate Violent User Content
Even though it’s been months since Truth Social went on the market, Google has still not let the hoards of Trump supporters download their favourite former president’s app off its app store. Finally, the company has revealed that Truth has so far failed to come up with a content moderation policy that will satisfy the…
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Facebook Admits ‘Incorrect Enforcement’ After Removing Posts About Mailed Abortion Pills
Facebook users writing about mailing abortion pills had their posts removed this week, and in some cases, their accounts temporarily suspended, for violating the company’s terms of service rules against buying, selling, or exchanging drugs. However, testing conducted by Gizmodo and previous reporting from Vice suggests Facebook is only flagging certain, less active accounts and…
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7 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News Feed
On April 18, 2022, Gizmodo began releasing once-confidential Facebook documents, once the only accessible to members of Congress and the media. As of May 2, we’ve published more than 1,000 pages of what’s come to be known as the Facebook Papers. Here are some highlights from our first two releases, which cover the 2020 election,…