The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-hate research group that beat Elon Musk’s court case to try to shut it down, is back with new research into Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The study adds to previous research that looked at Musk’s effect on online speech …
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Musk says X will address shadowbanning ‘soon,’ but former Trust & Safety executive explains why it will be hard
Elon Musk plans to “soon” address the lack of transparency around “shadowbanning” on Twitter, which involves not banning a user but removing their content from public view. Musk apologized to X users for the delay and explained what’s preventing X from providing this data. Shadowbanning was a concern even in …
Read More »Twitter is showing official Russian accounts in search results
After a year, Twitter appears to have unblocked Russian government accounts. The Elon Musk-owned platform now shows Putin and Russian Embassy accounts in search results. The Telegraph also noticed the Russian authorities’ timetables and recommendations. According to a former Twitter employee, a policy change may have caused this. Twitter has …
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