A team of researchers analyzed Twitter mentions of pneumonia and dry cough, two common coronavirus symptoms, to determine the arrival of COVID-19 in Europe. The scientists found a statistically significant increase in mentions >>
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Twitter wants to fix the toxic internet with Birdwatch
Twitter just announced Birdwatch, a community-based feature meant to address the misinformation spreading on social networks. Users can sign up for Birdwatch, at which point they’ll be able to annotate tweets spreading misleading >>
Twitter will ban Donald Trump’s account if he breaks the rules again
Twitter has locked President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours after he repeatedly broke the service’s rules on Wednesday during the attempted coup that he incited. Twitter says that Trump’s account will remain >>
Facebook and Twitter seem to only care about hacked material when it hurts Democrats
Facebook and Twitter kicked up a media firestorm on Wednesday over a decision the platforms made relative to Hunter Biden emails — and, specifically, to either limiting their distribution across the platforms and >>
Twitter finally adds a warning label to Trump’s tweets, but it will solve absolutely nothing
For the first time, a warning label has been added to misleading tweets posted from President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. The warning label includes a link to a new page debunking Trump claims >>
Twitter tests a new feature that limits who can reply to your tweets
Twitter today announced that it’s testing a new feature designed to limit who can reply to your tweets. The new conversation setting has three new options. The first allows anyone to reply. The >>
Facebook fixed the bug that blocked genuine coronavirus pandemic articles
Facebook’s anti-misinformation measures for coronavirus news already backfired, with a bug in the system blocking genuine information from getting through. Facebook acknowledged the issue, said the legitimate articles that were blocked before would >>
Twitter just started testing tweets that disappear after 24 hours
As part of Twitter’s ongoing effort to increase engagement, the company today announced a new initiative called “Fleets” that was clearly inspired by the likes of Snapchat. So what is a Fleet exactly? >>
