Twitter Changes
Have Caused , Surge in Propaganda,
Study Suggests.
On April 24, a study was published which found that Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments
have benefited from recent changes to the platform.
Associated Press reports that the study
suggests that changes to Twitter made it easier
for them to attract new followers and
disseminate propaganda and misinformation.
One of those changes include
no longer labeling state-run
media and propaganda agencies. .
The other change is no longer preventing
content from those agencies from being
automatically recommended to users.
According to the study by Reset,
Russian state media accounts have seen
their views climb by 33% in recent weeks. .
AP reports that increase equals
over 125,000 views per post.
Meanwhile, state media agencies
run by Iran and China have also
seen similar increases in views. .
The use of state-run media labels was quietly
discontinued after NPR and other outlets
protested receiving the same mark.
The use of state-run media labels was quietly
discontinued after NPR and other outlets
protested receiving the same mark.
Previously, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said he sees
little difference between state-funded news
run by authoritarian governments
and outlets operating in the U.S.
All news sources
are partially propaganda,
some more than others, Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, via Associated Press