Twitter unveils 'community-driven' effort to fight misinformation
Twitter announced a new initiative Monday to enlist users to flag misinformation on its platform through a project known as Birdwatch.
Jan 25, 2021
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AI can predict Twitter users likely to spread disinformation before they do it
A new artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can accurately predict which Twitter users will spread disinformation before they actually do it has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
Dec 14, 2020
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Bad news for fake news: New research helps combat social media misinformation
Rice University researchers have discovered a more efficient way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online using probabilistic filters trained with artificial intelligence.
Dec 10, 2020
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#Covid19, #BlackLivesMatter top Twitter themes in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement topped the list of conversation topics on Twitter in a tumultuous year, the messaging platform said Monday.
Dec 7, 2020
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Twitter's new 'fleets' will disappear after 24 hours
Twitter said Tuesday it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages.
Nov 17, 2020
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Twitter says flagged 300,000 'misleading' election tweets
Twitter labeled 300,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as "potentially misleading" in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 percent of election-related posts, the company said Thursday.
Nov 13, 2020
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Twitter tightens rules to thwart election threats
Twitter said Friday it will take down calls for violence starting after polls close on US election day and slap warnings on premature victory claims to fight efforts to undermine the election.
Oct 10, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Algorithm could quash Twitter abuse of women
Online abuse targeting women, including threats of harm or sexual violence, has proliferated across all social media platforms but QUT researchers have developed a statistical model to help drum it out of the Twittersphere.
Aug 28, 2020
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Automotive
Elon Musk says goat-mimicking horn sounds are 'definitely coming' to Tesla fleet
If you happen to hear the sound of a bleating goat on the road, it might just be a Tesla.
Aug 17, 2020
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A novel strategy for quickly identifying twitter trolls
Two algorithms that account for distinctive use of repeated words and word pairs require as few as 50 tweets to accurately distinguish deceptive "troll" messages from those posted by public figures. Sergei Monakhov of Friedrich ...
Aug 12, 2020
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