The end of Twitter – how Elon Musk's rebrand to X could foster the platform's dark side
A rebranding expert on what may lie in store for the transformed social media platform.
July 28, 2023 • ~7 min
Both men have faced criticism about what can appear to be obvious signs of aging, including questions about their memory and cognitive abilities.
A rebranding expert on what may lie in store for the transformed social media platform.
Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually – but it could be a nightmare for democracy.
Compared with past midterms, voter turnout among young people jumped in 2022 – but it was still below 30%.
Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.
Election misinformation typically involves false narratives of fraud that include out-of-context or otherwise misleading images and faulty statistics as purported evidence.
The major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing the problem.
Declaring an issue is a national emergency lets presidents act quickly and with few constraints. But once they get this kind of power, it's hard to take it back – and it can produce bad policies.
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