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By Archis Chowdhury As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) has been inundated with an unprecedented amount of unverified images and videos being linked to the conflict - many of which have been fact-checked by BOOM for being false or misleading. In April, Decode had reported on how accounts known for spreading disinformation and hate content were now armed with a Blue Tick, following Elon Musk's takeover of the platform, and had their posts prioritized by the changes made to the platform's algorithm at Musk's behest. Following a thorough sc...
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By Hera Rizwan The alterations made to X (formally known as Twitter) since its acquisition by Elon Musk in 2022 have significantly contributed to rendering the social media platform less secure against disinformation, misinformation and fake news. After assuming the role of CEO, Muskdismantled the platform's trust and safety teams, lifted bans on extremist and hazardous accounts, and, most significantly, removed Twitter's critical anti-disinformation feature, the identification of verified users and authenticated accounts with a blue check mark. Currently, X has come under scrutiny for its han...
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By Hera Rizwan In the aftermath of Elon Musk's recent interview, social media has been abuzz with speculations that X, previously known as Twitter, might turn into an entirely subscription-based platform. Musk had floated this idea of charging all users of X during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday. The interview was live-streamed on X, where the speakers talked at length about harnessing the opportunities and mitigating the risks of AI for the good of civilization. Also Read:A Roundup Of Twitter Overhaul: Daily Tweet C...
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By The Conversation Cameron Shackell, Queensland University of TechnologyTo non-moguls, Elon Musk’s (perhaps temporary) rebrand of Twitter to “X” may seem high risk, amateurish, or even capricious. But it is likely doing exactly what he intended: generating enormous global interest, pushing Twitter closer to his other X brands (SpaceX, Tesla Model X, xAI), and clearing the way for a profitable merging of technologies. What happened to the blue bird?Last weekend, Musk began the (reversible) changes by renaming the Twitter platform X on its website and replacing the iconic blue bird logo with a ...
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By Hera Rizwan Meta's much-hyped micro blogging platform, Threads, is finally here. Currently, Threads is available for download on both Android and iOS platforms through their respective app stores. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has been on Twitter for over a decade. However, he recently made his first tweet using an iconic Spiderman pointing to Spiderman meme, indirectly announcing the launch of the Twitter alternative, Threads. Being touted as an alternative to Twitter, the rollout of the Meta-owned app comes on the heels of Elon Musk announcing limits on how many tweets you can read on...
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By Ritika Jain In an interview with a YouTube channel, ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the Indian government made several requests to take down tweets supporting the 2020 farmers’ protest and gag journalists critical of the ruling dispensation. This, Dorsey said, was followed up with threats to shut down the Twitter office in India if the microblogging website did not follow suit. He also admitted to a “raid” on Twitter employees and the office in India. Dorsey, who quit his position as Twitter CEO before SpaceX founder Elon Musk took over, was responding to a question on foreign government pr...
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By Surbhi Sharma India was listed among the top countries that requested to remove content from Twitter between January 2022 and June 2022, according to the latest Twitter transparency report published on April 25. Sharing an update on Twitter transparency reporting, @TwitterSafety said on Tuesday "Transparency is fundamental to everything we do at Twitter. As we review our approach to transparency reporting for the future, today we’re publishing our 21st report, with data on our policy enforcement for the first half of 2022. (sic)" In another bid to promote transparency, Twitter CEO Elon Musk...
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By Hera Rizwan Sticking to its second deadline, Twitter has finally removed the legacy verified blue ticks on Thursday. Initially Twitter CEO, Elon Musk announced April 1 as the deadline for removing legacy verified badges. The date was then pushed to April 20, in a bid to press users to sign up for Twitter Blue, its paid subscription service. As a result of this development, many notable figures across different fields have lost their coveted verification tick mark which stood as a credible badge to keep impersonations in check on the platform. With the introduction of Twitter Blue, only subs...
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By Hera Rizwan Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, announced a new deadline for the deletion of the blue verification ticks from legacy verified accounts on the microblogging site. “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20,” Musk said in a tweet. This was the latest among the several times Musk did a back and forth on the Twitter verification issue, confusing users. In light of introducing the subscription format through Twitter Blue, Musk has made a slew of announcements to ensure people subscribe to it. Among them was the move to remove legacy verification ticks altogether. While legacy...
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By Archis Chowdhury A blue tick next to your Twitter account was once considered a prized asset - a symbol of verification and authenticity - given to only those who reached a certain position of prominence. Now, conspiracy theorists, trolls, misogynists, hate-mongers, and other unverified troublemakers are also sporting a blue tick - all for $8. Following the highly publicised takeover of the microblogging platform by Elon Musk, one of the most contentious changes proposed by the Tesla CEO was the removal of the legacy verification system, which was aimed at providing a tag of legitimacy to T...
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