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Articles tagged Twitter (623)

Sarah ScireApril 7, 2023

NPR says it won’t tweet from @NPR until Twitter removes false “state-affiliated” label

“We stopped tweeting from the main @NPR account after they attached that false label to it because each tweet we publish would carry it.”

Joshua BentonApril 4, 2023

Among all of his mistakes, don’t forget Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason

Access to Twitter’s API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade. So how does $210,000 a month sound?

Mark Coddington and Seth LewisMarch 7, 2023

Social media policies are failing journalists

Plus: The trouble with journalists’ involvement in news literacy programs, soft news as a gateway to propaganda, and social media editors between news and marketing.

Derek Willis, ProPublicaFebruary 27, 2023

After a decade of tracking politicians’ deleted tweets, Politwoops is no more

“That’s one of the things I’ll miss most about running Politwoops: getting a glimpse behind the carefully crafted images that politicians present to the public.”

Joshua BentonFebruary 21, 2023

For the tech giants, security is increasingly a paid feature

Identity verification on social platforms used to be a matter of trust and safety. Now for Twitter and Facebook, it’s a new line of revenue.

Joshua BentonJanuary 23, 2023

Twitter will soon let news outlets lay visual claim to their staffers’ accounts. Should they?

Your employer’s logo might soon be attached to every tweet you make — for better or for worse.

Twitter drops from “tiny” to “tinier” as a referral source for news publishers

Robert Kozinets and Jon PfeifferJanuary 9, 2023

Beyond Section 230: Three paths to making the big tech platforms more transparent and accountable

Among them, two words: “Twitter court.”

Candice Norwood and Rebekah Barber, The 19thDecember 6, 2022

“We all we got”: How Black Twitter steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson’s death

Black social media has often taken the lead in raising public consciousness when mainstream outlets overlook the death or disappearance of Black women.

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 28, 2022

Post, the latest Twitter alternative, is betting big on micropayments for news

“What I believe consumers want is to be able to get multiple sources of news in their feed.”

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