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2024-09-28 21:41:40 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Important context: under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter/X has become one of the biggest social media sources of disinformation with Musk himself being one of the most prolific promoters of disinformation on the site. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/eu-warns-elon-musk-that-twitter-x-must-comply-with-fake-news-laws https://apnews.com/article/disinformation-musk-x-twitter-european-union-9f7823726f812bb357ee4225b884354f https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-twitter-misinformation-timeline-1235076786/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599 https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checks-verification-disinformation-propaganda-russia-china-trust-safety/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-x-restructuring-curtails-disinformation-research-spurs-legal-fears-2023-11-06/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/twitter-elon-musk-takeover-one-year-later-x-struggles-misinformation-advertising-usage-decline/ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230419-stamp-of-approval-twitter-s-musk-amplifies-misinformation https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191318468/elon-musk-sues-disinformation-researchers-claiming-they-are-driving-away-adverti https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/07/31/elon-musk-isnt-stopping-misinformation-hes-helped-spread-it/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-000082_EN.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/elon-musk-twitter-uk-falkland-b2593301.html https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/17/how-climate-disinformation-is-spreading-after-elon-musks-twitter-takeover https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/elon-musk-election-misinformation-x-twitter.html https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-x-disabled-feature-reporting-electoral-misinformation-researcher-2023-09-27/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/23/how-elon-musk-ditched-twitters-safeguards-and-prim/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/musks-x-is-the-largest-source-of-disinformation-eu-official-says https://fortune.com/2023/10/11/israel-hamas-disinformation-twitter-x-incentivized-elon-musk-algorithm/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk-x-twitter-climate-scorecard-misinformation-rcna105372 https://rsf.org/en/twitter-x-elon-musk-s-transformation-free-speech-defender-champion-disinformation https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-x-elon-musk-israel-palestine-b2427187.html

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• Important context: under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter/X has become one of the biggest social media sources of disinformation with Musk himself being one of the most prolific promoters of disinformation on the site. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/eu-warns-elon-musk-that-twitter-x-must-comply-with-fake-news-laws https://apnews.com/article/disinformation-musk-x-twitter-european-union-9f7823726f812bb357ee4225b884354f https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-twitter-misinformation-timeline-1235076786/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599 https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checks-verification-disinformation-propaganda-russia-china-trust-safety/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-x-restructuring-curtails-disinformation-research-spurs-legal-fears-2023-11-06/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/twitter-elon-musk-takeover-one-year-later-x-struggles-misinformation-advertising-usage-decline/ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230419-stamp-of-approval-twitter-s-musk-amplifies-misinformation https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191318468/elon-musk-sues-disinformation-researchers-claiming-they-are-driving-away-adverti https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/07/31/elon-musk-isnt-stopping-misinformation-hes-helped-spread-it/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-000082_EN.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/elon-musk-twitter-uk-falkland-b2593301.html https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/17/how-climate-disinformation-is-spreading-after-elon-musks-twitter-takeover https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/elon-musk-election-misinformation-x-twitter.html https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-x-disabled-feature-reporting-electoral-misinformation-researcher-2023-09-27/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/23/how-elon-musk-ditched-twitters-safeguards-and-prim/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/musks-x-is-the-largest-source-of-disinformation-eu-official-says https://fortune.com/2023/10/11/israel-hamas-disinformation-twitter-x-incentivized-elon-musk-algorithm/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk-x-twitter-climate-scorecard-misinformation-rcna105372 https://rsf.org/en/twitter-x-elon-musk-s-transformation-free-speech-defender-champion-disinformation https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-x-elon-musk-israel-palestine-b2427187.html