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A New York University study finds Russian troll Twitter accounts had a minimal impact on 2016 US election voters; 1% of users accounted for 70% of the exposure (Washington Post)
Washington Post: A New York University study finds Russian troll Twitter accounts had a minimal impact on 2016 US election…
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How Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud narratives in Brazil ahead of riots attacking congress and supreme court buildings (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: How Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud narratives in Brazil ahead…
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Sources: Twitter cuts more staff in its diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a unit mitigating hate speech and harassment (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Twitter cuts more staff in its diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a…
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Sources: some former Twitter employees in the US finally received their official severance agreements, but offering only one month of base pay as severance (Kylie Robison/Fortune)
Kylie Robison / Fortune: Sources: some former Twitter employees in the US finally received their official severance agreements, but offering…
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A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas to stop the spread of an image of a fake tweet created in her name (Brandy Zadrozny/NBC News)
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas…
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Some Twitter staff in the US and other countries laid off by Elon Musk in November say they had not received information about the severance they were promised (Wired)
Wired: Some Twitter staff in the US and other countries laid off by Elon Musk in November say they had…
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Twitter verified a Washington Post columnist's fake US Senator Ed Markey account, after Elon Musk said "all verified accounts will be manually authenticated" (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Twitter verified a Washington Post columnist’s fake US Senator Ed Markey account, after Elon…
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Source: Twitter laid off ~40 data scientists and engineers working on ad optimization, as it targets the ads products and other areas considered to be failing (Erin Woo/The Information)
Erin Woo / The Information: Source: Twitter laid off ~40 data scientists and engineers working on ad optimization, as it…
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