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An exclusive new case study from @ShorensteinCtr’s @EmilyDreyfuss for the @nytimes charts just how difficult it has been to track platform companies’ content moderation these last 2 weeks.
Why did Trump tweet about #BidenCrimeFamiily with a double “ii’? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html
Why did Trump tweet about #BidenCrimeFamiily with a double “ii’? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html
I am excited that this article shows the power of our lifecycle model of media manipulation to reporters.
Sometimes it’s the little blips that seem confusing that warrant close investigation: https://mediamanipulation.org/methods
Sometimes it’s the little blips that seem confusing that warrant close investigation: https://mediamanipulation.org/methods
We discovered this case study in stage 5, as @EmilyDreyfuss was putting together a case study on a cheap fake that Trump posted. When we dug in, we realized that Twitter was already taking actions to stop the spread of #bidencrimefamily, but why? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html
Content moderation decisions are not arbitrary. It’s more important than ever we have transparency from these tech companies about the actions they are taking daily. Otherwise, when users discover content moderation, they call it censorship: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html
But what’s crucial is that we know there is a pattern to disinformation campaigns. Twitter tried to break the circuit, but there was an adaptation (called typosquatting) by political elites that trickled down throughout their followers and subscribers: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html
Read more about typosquatting here: https://mediamanipulation.org/definitions/typosquatting
Many thanks to @EmilyDreyfuss and Brian Friedberg for this research!
Many thanks to @EmilyDreyfuss and Brian Friedberg for this research!
For the health of our society, it matters that we know more about these decisions within and across companies because secrecy increases #TheTrueCostsOfMisinformation
The stakes couldn’t be higher when we know misinformation mobilizes:
The stakes couldn’t be higher when we know misinformation mobilizes:
