Seems like it's more about clamping down on vigorous questioning of the fairness of the blatantly broken voting process:
> Another tool built in-house at the DNC monitors Twitter traffic. On Monday, it'll watch for misinformation about how and where to caucus. Variations of the word "rigged" had been loaded into system when CNN was shown it Saturday — attempts to undermine legitimate vote results using disinformation is something Democrats are watching out for.
Interesting to consider in light of Twitter Safety's new policies announced today:
> Our new rule: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide context.
I think it is now a ploy by candidates/public figures to just dismiss their opponents as bots. I am in no doubt that there are bots out there sewing mistrust and chaos but accusing someones followers of being "Russian bots" is being weaponized.
AndrewBissell|6 years ago
> Another tool built in-house at the DNC monitors Twitter traffic. On Monday, it'll watch for misinformation about how and where to caucus. Variations of the word "rigged" had been loaded into system when CNN was shown it Saturday — attempts to undermine legitimate vote results using disinformation is something Democrats are watching out for.
Interesting to consider in light of Twitter Safety's new policies announced today:
> Our new rule: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide context.
bbody|6 years ago