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Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by paulpauper on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:21PM (#33400529)
In fairness, it's not like this problem is new. It long predates Musk but he is now being blamed for it as if it's a new thing.
Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by davidork on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:27PM (#33400590)
He spent a lot of money to fix Twitter..he should have probably had a game plan going in.

At least the bots help steer the conversation and provide useful PR services for the advertisers.

Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by anigbrowl on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:05PM (#33400833)
He is responsible for his own tweets. The story he tweeted and later deleted was tissue thin - an opinion piece saying 'I don't believe the official story, here's an alternative explanation I heard from a source' followed by a long (multi paragraph) verbatim quote of sordid claims with no attempt at corroboration. It read to me like the 'source' was someone on 4chan.
Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by clouddrover on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:46PM (#33401100)
The new thing is that the owner of Twitter is pushing misinformation. He bought it so it's his problem now. It's correct that he's blamed for it.
Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by metadat on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:56PM (#33400359)
Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by refurb on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:07PM (#33401255)
I hate it when disinformation spreads. Glad we have papers like the Washington Post looking out for us, like the Hunter Biden laptop story.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hunter-joe-biden-ema...

"Although reminiscent of the 2016 race — when Russian intelligence operatives hacked and released hundreds of emails from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager through WikiLeaks — Wednesday’s report was met with skepticism, particularly from social media companies that sought to limit the spread of the news."

Re:Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation on Twit... by codefreeordie on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:59PM (#33401582)
And we know it's misinformation how exactly?