#Social

THREAD: Rumors & misinformation can easily circulate within communities during a crisis. Pictured is an example of a rumor or misinformation we have seen recently. There are multiple posts on
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1/ Last week’s tech bans on Trump and Parler caused many to fret about Freedom of Speech. These bans didn’t limit freedom or set a new precedent. They did highlight
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Martin Luther King changed my life. When I was feeling lost in my religion, especially since so many of my fellow Orthodox Jews were turning Trumpist, I began to wonder
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THREAD: All about today’s argument in #Fulton v. Philadelphia. Both the Justices and the parties agreed that Catholic Social Services, Sharonell Fulton, and Toni Simms-Busch do vital work to protect
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Just finished Speech Police by @davidakaye. Many great insights to help understand content moderation of social media in the face of misinformation. A central theme is to involve users more
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I did not write this! My friend sent it to me!Wow....I know some have seen the post about The Christmas Star appearing this year on December 21st. I couldn't help
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Perhaps more people should read T&Cs. Then they'd know what they've agreed that app stores, web hosts, social media etc can do to deny them service. Even reading just one
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Right.So, once more for the people at the back.When we say that female oppression is sex-based we mean 'female people are oppressed on the basis of sex' NOT 'female oppression
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This is a chilling interview. I'm struggling for words...https://twitter.com/plmanseau/status/1350420953730310147 Don't worry. I'll find them. Okay, like I've said before, you've got to get past the surface & present
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Two things I'm seeing spread through the Facebook posts of very not-online family/friends: false claims that Biden is raising insulin prices, and false claims that he's making it harder for
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I can't get over the fact that this person I'm supposed to believe is a prominent, enviable, social-media oriented young socialite has fewer than 3k IG followers. I have friends
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"Race" & "gender" are not lifestyle choices, nor a "tool of the left". Everyone has a "lived experience" it's called life. Your life will be shaped by social forces, some
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Short thread: as a "serious" writer who leans right, I'm often asked what I think of Donald Trump's whole catalog of boastful, braggadocious statements ("I say election fraud here was
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New: document we obtained confirms that the Secret Service bought "Locate X," a product that gives the agency access to location data generated by ordinary apps installed on peoples' smartphones.
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I'm going to do a contrarian number on this widely-praised thread (nothing personal: I just don't agree with it).https://twitter.com/cakeylaura/status/1341412374792835073 The first point to make is that an anecdote about one
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Ireland, I'm wrecked. Like, completely knackered. There's another round left in Covid, but is there any gas in the tanks of the healthcare workers, home carers, and cocooners? I will
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