Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-03 01:34:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 07961C028D09DE10F31D8FC60F066CFACAA5BC079A6733F2E264457EB552518E
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Tweets containing falsehoods were 70% more likely to be retweeted than truthful tweets https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-news-spreads-faster-true-news-twitter-thanks-people-not-bots https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308 Elon Musk bought and paid for X, then known as Twitter, in October of 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63402338 Twitter/X has removed features to report political misinformation under Elon’s ownership: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/27/tech/x-twitter-misinformation-reporting-feature-scrapped/index.html
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