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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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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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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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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Study says Twitter effectively communicates pediatric critical care info during a pandemic
Ever since the microblogging and social networking platform Twitter emerged in 2006, it has consistently ranked among the top ways that people around the world communicate with one another, with some 500 million tweets sent ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Twitter adds option to share spoken tweets
Twitter on Wednesday said it is adding an option to speak tweets of up to 140 seconds in length instead of just writing posts.
Jun 17, 2020
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Nearly half of the Twitter accounts discussing 'reopening America' may be bots
Encountering a bot account while scrolling through Twitter is more likely to occur in the era of COVID-19. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that much of the discussion around the pandemic and stay-at-home ...
May 29, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Twitter data may offer policy makers a glimpse into demand for renewable energy
Tweets could one day help policy makers and energy companies better communicate in near real-time to help customers make better sustainable energy choices, according to a team of researchers.
Apr 14, 2020
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Twitter preps ephemeral tweets, starts testing in Brazil
Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil.
Mar 4, 2020
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