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The entire backend infrastructure of Twitter's political misinformation Machine Learning model was built to monitor for every U.S. government agency.
Who built this ML model?
Twitter or the U.S. government?
IMO- Twitter didn't build it. They deployed it.
Who built this ML model?
Twitter or the U.S. government?
IMO- Twitter didn't build it. They deployed it.
"Twitter created a data science team that was focused on combatting U.S. political misinformation.
This new division was created after the 2016 election.
The team was comprised of data scientists who frequently corresponded with Trust and Safety at Twitter as well as third… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This new division was created after the 2016 election.
The team was comprised of data scientists who frequently corresponded with Trust and Safety at Twitter as well as third… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Pay attention to the details here in The Ruby Files reporting. This entire new "division" at Twitter was built after 2016. That model was new and created only after the 2016 election.
Explain what political misinfo is.
“It’s a type of policy violation. It was originally formed in 2016 in response to the numerous fake news and memes generated during that election.
The U.S. political misinfo was a data science division Twitter formed in 2016 to combat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“It’s a type of policy violation. It was originally formed in 2016 in response to the numerous fake news and memes generated during that election.
The U.S. political misinfo was a data science division Twitter formed in 2016 to combat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"It (the model/ detection list) was created by working with the Trust and Safety people who were the experts… with the government…with human rights groups and with academic researchers. That is how we got wind of these terms.
We definitely worked with various government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We definitely worked with various government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Why are you talking to me?
“I want full transparency. I wish Twitter had been more transparent with their decisions. If you are transparent… they would not release the specific terms they were searching for.
If you tell people.. this is what we are looking for and are open… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“I want full transparency. I wish Twitter had been more transparent with their decisions. If you are transparent… they would not release the specific terms they were searching for.
If you tell people.. this is what we are looking for and are open… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Yes. 
If you want to understand where Elon stands on free speech - it couldn’t be any clearer.
Were the disinfo/ misinfo word lists supplied by the U.S. government released yesterday?
No. They were not.
If you still can’t understand what is going on - maybe follow someone else.
Were the disinfo/ misinfo word lists supplied by the U.S. government released yesterday?
No. They were not.
If you still can’t understand what is going on - maybe follow someone else.
I did not get the sense that the data scientists were “bad actors.”
Rather, I got the sense they were being used to do work for the government without ever really understanding it.
It was packaged as trying to prevent harm. They believed in the mission.
Silo info and corp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Rather, I got the sense they were being used to do work for the government without ever really understanding it.
It was packaged as trying to prevent harm. They believed in the mission.
Silo info and corp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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