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As researchers studying how rumors spread on social media face numerous challenges in 2024, including limited access to platform data, we “have to learn how to get insights from more limited sets of data,” @uwcip director and co-founder @katestarbird told Nature. “And that offers the opportunity for creativity.”
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As researchers studying how rumors spread on social media face numerous challenges in 2024, including limited access to platform data, we “have to learn how to get insights from more limited sets of data,” @uwcip director and co-founder @katestarbird told Nature. “And that offers the opportunity for creativity.”
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New from the @uwcip rapid-research team: Predictable errors and delays that have been the focus of previous election rumors were present in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, but none of the allegations went viral.
With little anxiety about Donald Trump’s primary prospects, Republican conspiracy theories pivoted to New Hampshire’s Democratic results.
Read more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/26/republican-new-hampshire-conspiracy-theories/
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New from the @uwcip rapid-research team: Predictable errors and delays that have been the focus of previous election rumors were present in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, but none of the allegations went viral.
With little anxiety about Donald Trump’s primary prospects, Republican conspiracy theories pivoted to New Hampshire’s Democratic results.
Read more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/26/republican-new-hampshire-conspiracy-theories/
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@NPR has an article published Monday that references the
@uwcip rapid response blog post from Sunday examining the early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224675823/iowa-republican-caucus-results-reporting-technology -
@NPR has an article published Monday that references the
@uwcip rapid response blog post from Sunday examining the early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224675823/iowa-republican-caucus-results-reporting-technology -
In an article published on Monday, @NPR references Sunday's @uwcip rapid-research blog post: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224675823/iowa-republican-caucus-results-reporting-technology
Read "Examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa," by CIP research scientist @Mike Caulfield: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/14/iowa-caucus-election-conspiracy-theory/
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In an article published on Monday, @NPR references Sunday's @uwcip rapid-research blog post: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224675823/iowa-republican-caucus-results-reporting-technology
Read "Examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa," by CIP research scientist @Mike Caulfield: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/14/iowa-caucus-election-conspiracy-theory/
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New from our team at the @uwcip: @mikecaulfield has a rapid research blog post examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa.
Recent allegations shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, point to a “conflict of interest” in Iowa Caucus vote counting but no specific wrongdoing is described.
Read more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/14/iowa-caucus-election-conspiracy-theory/
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New from our team at the @uwcip: @mikecaulfield has a rapid research blog post examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa.
Recent allegations shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, point to a “conflict of interest” in Iowa Caucus vote counting but no specific wrongdoing is described.
Read more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/14/iowa-caucus-election-conspiracy-theory/
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"I think when people see how transparent a lot of the trickery that people fall for is, it's a mile wide and it's three millimeters deep," @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in a recent interview with KUOW Public Radio: https://www.kuow.org/stories/tips-for-sorting-online-fact-from-fiction
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"I think when people see how transparent a lot of the trickery that people fall for is, it's a mile wide and it's three millimeters deep," @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in a recent interview with KUOW Public Radio: https://www.kuow.org/stories/tips-for-sorting-online-fact-from-fiction
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A new Nature editorial on online "information voids" cites work from @uwcip research scientist and media literacy expert @mikecaulfield, who "says that there is value in exposing a wider population to some of the skills taught in research methods. He recommends starting with influential people, giving them opportunities to improve their own media literacy, as a way to then influence others in their networks."
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A new Nature editorial on online "information voids" cites work from @uwcip research scientist and media literacy expert @mikecaulfield, who "says that there is value in exposing a wider population to some of the skills taught in research methods. He recommends starting with influential people, giving them opportunities to improve their own media literacy, as a way to then influence others in their networks."
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In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/misinformation-trends-2023-predictions-2024/
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In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/misinformation-trends-2023-predictions-2024/
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On Tuesday, January 9, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Pacific) join the @uwcip via Zoom for a CIP Invited Speaker Series talk from University of Michigan School of Information associate professor Joyojeet Pal. In Tuesday's talk, Pal will examines the role of humor in the enabling of political hate speech and polarization in India.
Event info and RSVP to attend via Zoom: https://forms.gle/pDsi1kuv86a3ev5s7
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On Tuesday, January 9, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Pacific) join the @uwcip via Zoom for a CIP Invited Speaker Series talk from University of Michigan School of Information associate professor Joyojeet Pal. In Tuesday's talk, Pal will examines the role of humor in the enabling of political hate speech and polarization in India.
Event info and RSVP to attend via Zoom: https://forms.gle/pDsi1kuv86a3ev5s7
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In an article recently published in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, @uwcip researchers and colleagues present the promising results of three experimental investigations testing the potential effectiveness of a novel, user-driven approach to addressing online misinformation.
Read more about the paper, "Social truth queries: Development of a new user-driven intervention for countering online misinformation": https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/13/social-truth-queries-development-of-a-new-user-driven-intervention-for-countering-online-misinformation/
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In an article recently published in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, @uwcip researchers and colleagues present the promising results of three experimental investigations testing the potential effectiveness of a novel, user-driven approach to addressing online misinformation.
Read more about the paper, "Social truth queries: Development of a new user-driven intervention for countering online misinformation": https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/13/social-truth-queries-development-of-a-new-user-driven-intervention-for-countering-online-misinformation/
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Happy New Year! As the winter academic quarter gets underway this week at UW, catch up on recent research, programming, news and other @uwcip updates in our jam-packed fall quarter CIP News & Insights newsletter: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/14/cip-news-insights-newsletter-december-2023/
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Happy New Year! As the winter academic quarter gets underway this week at UW, catch up on recent research, programming, news and other @uwcip updates in our jam-packed fall quarter CIP News & Insights newsletter: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/14/cip-news-insights-newsletter-december-2023/
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In @washingtonpost, @pbump cites a recent essay by @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird, "Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking."
Read Starbird's essay: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/rumors-collective-sensemaking-kate-starbird/
Read Bump's article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/11/musk-alex-jones-x-misinformation/ -
In @washingtonpost, @pbump cites a recent essay by @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird, "Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking."
Read Starbird's essay: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/rumors-collective-sensemaking-kate-starbird/
Read Bump's article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/11/musk-alex-jones-x-misinformation/ -
@emmettoconnell #katestarbird #disinformation #misinformation #elections #uwcip Appreciate Kate Starbird’s work and her team reminding us that misinformation occurs with a context that enables growth of misinformation under the “defense” against censorship so ably claimed by GOP election deniers. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-gop-fights-secretary-of-states-effort-to-track-election-misinformation/
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During "The Impact of Misinformation on Pediatric Mental Health and Wellbeing," a keynote address at the Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual Research Day, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West said he "worries about students’ mistrust of information online. They need to be skeptical," West said, according to a CHOC article, "but being totally cynical about the validity of information isn’t productive."
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During "The Impact of Misinformation on Pediatric Mental Health and Wellbeing," a keynote address at the Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual Research Day, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West said he "worries about students’ mistrust of information online. They need to be skeptical," West said, according to a CHOC article, "but being totally cynical about the validity of information isn’t productive."
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In an essay, "Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking," @uwcip director @katestarbird describes "a framework for examining online rumors, conspiracy theories, and disinformation through the lens of collective sensemaking. This perspective could inform more nuanced understandings, new ways to operationalize and study these phenomena, and alternative approaches for addressing them."
Read the essay: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/rumors-collective-sensemaking-kate-starbird/
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In an essay, "Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking," @uwcip director @katestarbird describes "a framework for examining online rumors, conspiracy theories, and disinformation through the lens of collective sensemaking. This perspective could inform more nuanced understandings, new ways to operationalize and study these phenomena, and alternative approaches for addressing them."
Read the essay: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/rumors-collective-sensemaking-kate-starbird/
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During a recent WA Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee work session in Olympia, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West and research scientist @mikecaulfield shared a presentation on ways educators should approach the teaching of media literacy skills amid today’s volatile and rapidly evolving online information environments.
“If we lose the standards for evidence, we all lose,” Caulfield told committee members.
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/05/media-literacy-education-washington/
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During a recent WA Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee work session in Olympia, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West and research scientist @mikecaulfield shared a presentation on ways educators should approach the teaching of media literacy skills amid today’s volatile and rapidly evolving online information environments.
“If we lose the standards for evidence, we all lose,” Caulfield told committee members.
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"Advertisers are in a unique position to push for a more responsible and ethical online environment, addressing a gap where platforms have been slow to act. But it must be done with caution," @uwcip legal fellow Elissa Melendez writes in a blog post about the recent advertiser exodus from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/04/advertiser-influence-platform-accountability-x-twitter/
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"Advertisers are in a unique position to push for a more responsible and ethical online environment, addressing a gap where platforms have been slow to act. But it must be done with caution," @uwcip legal fellow Elissa Melendez writes in a blog post about the recent advertiser exodus from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/04/advertiser-influence-platform-accountability-x-twitter/
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The weaponized criticism of misinformation research is "limiting our ability just to do the research, because we're spending too much time with our lawyers, but also limiting our ability to have conversations with the people who need our work the most, whether that's election officials or whether that's social media platforms," @uwcip director and co-founder @katestarbird said in an interview with @NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1211929764/election-false-claims-social-media-cisa-trump
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The weaponized criticism of misinformation research is "limiting our ability just to do the research, because we're spending too much time with our lawyers, but also limiting our ability to have conversations with the people who need our work the most, whether that's election officials or whether that's social media platforms," @uwcip director and co-founder @katestarbird said in a @NPR interview. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1211929764/election-false-claims-social-media-cisa-trump
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Researchers at the @uwcip are starting on a new 3-year project to create a comprehensive, nationwide information literacy program that aims to increase capacity for library staff and community members to address and navigate problematic information in their local communities.
Learn more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/11/07/cip-imls-grant-information-literacy-program-public-libraries/
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Researchers at the @uwcip are starting on a new 3-year project to create a comprehensive, nationwide information literacy program that aims to increase capacity for library staff and community members to address and navigate problematic information in their local communities.
Learn more: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/11/07/cip-imls-grant-information-literacy-program-public-libraries/
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Social-media researchers overemphasized the platform now called X for years. But now, as it rapidly changes into something new and frightening, we risk paying too little attention, @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield writes in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03483-8
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Social-media researchers overemphasized the platform now called X for years. But now, as it rapidly changes into something new and frightening, we risk paying too little attention, @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield writes in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03483-8
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“It would be odd if TikTok consumption was not having an effect on younger people’s perceptions of the war,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield told Gizmodo. “I don’t think there’s any doubt it has an impact. But it’s a long leap from there to claiming that this is due to specific suppression of content. There are just so many other possibilities.”
https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-responds-to-republican-attacks-anti-israel-1850987427
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“It would be odd if TikTok consumption was not having an effect on younger people’s perceptions of the war,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield told Gizmodo. “I don’t think there’s any doubt it has an impact. But it’s a long leap from there to claiming that this is due to specific suppression of content. There are just so many other possibilities.”
https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-responds-to-republican-attacks-anti-israel-1850987427
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“It’s an interesting time for both the students and faculty in this space,” @uwcip co-founder Jevin West said in a recent UW Public Lectures series talk. “But the most important thing that students miss right now — they’re becoming query engineers, not writers. And writing ... is about crystallizing your thoughts. It’s the process of writing that’s of value and not always the product. And that’s one of my biggest worries with students” using AI.
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/11/01/jevin-west-public-lecture-generative-ai-misinformation/
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“It’s an interesting time for both the students and faculty in this space,” @uwcip co-founder Jevin West said in a recent UW Public Lectures series talk. “But the most important thing that students miss right now — they’re becoming query engineers, not writers. And writing ... is about crystallizing your thoughts. It’s the process of writing that’s of value and not always the product. And that’s one of my biggest worries with students” using AI.
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/11/01/jevin-west-public-lecture-generative-ai-misinformation/
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"In addition to allowing you to pretend that something is so that isn't, and to fool people into believing something through technology, you also have a way to plausibly deny something that actually did happen," @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo said in a Wisconsin Public Radio interview about the use of AI-generated deepfakes in campaign ads.
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation requiring the disclosure of synthetic media in ads.
https://www.wpr.org/ai-generated-campaign-ad-content-label-wisconsin-bipartisan-proposal
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"In addition to allowing you to pretend that something is so that isn't, and to fool people into believing something through technology, you also have a way to plausibly deny something that actually did happen," @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo said in a Wisconsin Public Radio interview about the use of AI-generated deepfakes in campaign ads.
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation requiring the disclosure of synthetic media in ads.
https://www.wpr.org/ai-generated-campaign-ad-content-label-wisconsin-bipartisan-proposal
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In an interview with The Washington Post about the Biden Administration's new executive order on AI, @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo, a professor in the UW School of Law and Information School, said: “I can see the frustration in this [executive order] that a lot of this should be done by Congress but they’re not doing anything.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/30/biden-artificial-intelligence-executive-order/
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In an interview with The Washington Post about the Biden Administration's new executive order on AI, @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo, a professor in the UW School of Law and Information School, said: “I can see the frustration in this [executive order] that a lot of this should be done by Congress but they’re not doing anything.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/30/biden-artificial-intelligence-executive-order/
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WNYC's "On the Media" program recently interviewed @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield, who noted that many of the most influential X/Twitter accounts engaged in dialogue around the Israel/Hamas war post "hundreds of times a day. Very quick granular posts. Text posts very often with a image or with a video is decontextualized media, decontextualized rumor, and just coming to people in the stream."
Listen to the "On the Media" episode:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-breaking-news-consumers-handbook-israel-gaza-edition -
WNYC's "On the Media" program recently interviewed @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield, who noted that many of the most influential X/Twitter accounts engaged in dialogue around the Israel/Hamas war post "hundreds of times a day. Very quick granular posts. Text posts very often with a image or with a video is decontextualized media, decontextualized rumor, and just coming to people in the stream."
Listen to the "On the Media" episode:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-breaking-news-consumers-handbook-israel-gaza-edition -
On Thursday, 5-6 p.m. (Pacific), @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo, a professor in the UW School of Law and Information School, will discuss "Misinformation, A.I., and the Rule of Law," a webinar presented by UW Impact.
In his talk, Calo will explore the ways AI threatens to exacerbate the problem of misinformation, and what steps we can take to protect our society without sacrificing our commitment to free speech.
Register to attend: https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/what-the-law-can-and-cant-do-about-ai-and-misinformation/
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On Thursday, 5-6 p.m. (Pacific), @uwcip co-founder Ryan Calo, a professor in the UW School of Law and Information School, will discuss "Misinformation, A.I., and the Rule of Law," a webinar presented by UW Impact.
In his talk, Calo will explore the ways AI threatens to exacerbate the problem of misinformation, and what steps we can take to protect our society without sacrificing our commitment to free speech.
Register to attend: https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/what-the-law-can-and-cant-do-about-ai-and-misinformation/
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At 6:30 p.m. (Pacific), @uwcip co-founder Jevin West will discuss generative misinformation during a UW Office of Public Lectures series event at Town Hall Seattle that's also available via livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/rXG8NF-cIW4?si=OxR90a4znVcGhvdS
More information about this event: https://www.washington.edu/lectures/events/generative-misinformation/
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At 6:30 p.m. (Pacific), @uwcip co-founder Jevin West will discuss generative misinformation during a UW Office of Public Lectures series event at Town Hall Seattle that's also available via livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/rXG8NF-cIW4?si=OxR90a4znVcGhvdS
More information about this event: https://www.washington.edu/lectures/events/generative-misinformation/
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The Washington Post has two new stories citing a recently released rapid research report from my colleagues at the @uwcip examining the "new elites" of the X platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/x-twitter-elite-hamas-accounts-london-georgia/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/
Here's our team's report from last week: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/10/20/new-elites-twitter-x-most-influential-accounts-hamas-israel/
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The Washington Post has two new stories citing a recently released rapid research report from my colleagues at the @uwcip examining the "new elites" of the X platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/x-twitter-elite-hamas-accounts-london-georgia/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/
Here's our team's report from last week: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/10/20/new-elites-twitter-x-most-influential-accounts-hamas-israel/
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As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/23/how-elon-musk-ditched-twitters-safeguards-and-prim/
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As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/23/how-elon-musk-ditched-twitters-safeguards-and-prim/
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The WarMonitors and sentdefender accounts "were among seven cited a week ago by researchers at the University of Washington as the 'new elites' of influence on X, with more than 1.6 billion combined views in the first three days of the war," @JosephMenn of The Washington Post reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/x-twitter-elite-hamas-accounts-london-georgia/
Read our recent @uwcip rapid research report, "The 'new elites' of X: Identifying the most influential accounts engaged in Hamas/Israel discourse" here: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/10/20/new-elites-twitter-x-most-influential-accounts-hamas-israel/
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“At its core what we’re looking at here is a different vision of what news is,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield told @nbcnews in an interview. “It’s fast, it’s unvetted, and it’s very often unsourced. And there’s every indication that the shift is not accidental and that it’s part of a vision of what news is going to be on X.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/7-accounts-warp-israel-hamas-war-news-x-musk-rcna121465