“Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left”
“Right-leaning news outlets…see greater algorithmic amplification on @Twitter compared to left-leaning news outlets” blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/c…
Malloy unspools this:
Both @Twitter & @Facebook algorithmically amplified far-right content that’s disproportionately rife with medical misinfo & official lies about voter fraud:
“research consistently found Facebook pushed some users…increasingly narrow echo-chambers where violent conspiracy theories thrived. People radicalized…make up a small slice of total users, but at @Facebook’s scale, that can mean millions of individuals” nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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Madame Secretary, it appears @POTUS isn't taking the gathering threat an anti-democratic, far-right movement poses seriously, if any @WhiteHouse staff see voting rights as just another issue: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… Election subversion is an existential risk to liberal democracy
In the 19th century, Republicans enacted a civil rights act, 14th, & 15th Amendments without Democrats.
In 2021, an anti-democratic party seeks to deny voting rights & subvert elections.
A union divided cannot stand.
A democracy unprotected will not endure
Limiting the reach of toxic BS about a stolen election or conspiracy theories designed to undermine democracy or public health is a core function of a civic integrity @policy, as is inoculating people with facts e-pluribusunum.org/2021/01/26/why…
Ban accounts if they incite offline violence
“We need to focus more on how the platforms can enable an extremist minority to foment harm & not on how the average person might be brainwashed by a piece of content"- @BrendanNyhan…saging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2… Ergo, limit reach of QAnon, Trump's lies, Russian anti-vaxx BS, etc.
Just pointing out the fact that a whistleblower does not have to have firsthand experience with the criminal conduct, fraud, waste, or abuses of power that they file a complaint on:
@POTUS45 In a statement, @Facebook doubled down on trying to undermine the credibility of @FrancesHaugen, instead of refuting the core facts of the whistleblower complaints she filed with the SEC, which cite the company's own internal research:
🚭@finkd posted a note he sent to all @facebook staff: facebook.com/4/posts/101139…
Zuckerberg says “coverage” (@WSJ!) misrepresents & mischaracterizes internal research, & that it’s “just not true” that Facebook prioritizes profits over safety & well being.
@Instagram, too.
That's going to release an immense cognitive surplus, boost to productivity, & based on what we've learned, may be a net positive for the world.