Boyd Carter
As Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, Joe Biden himself was hit with an embarrassing ‘fact check-‘style notice on the platorm.
Powerful Message Biden Won't Like Added to His Tweet Right After Musk Takeover (www.westernjournal.com)
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Part of the content of the article adds context.
Quoting: The Twitter program was released in January 2021, promising to “address misleading information” using the input of selected Twitter users, rather than the tech company’s full-time cadre of censorship specialists. It was expanded in September, according to a report on the technology site The Verge, which noted that “[o]nce a Birdwatch note is attached to a tweet, users are 15 to 35 percent less likely to engage with it compared to users who aren’t shown the note.”
Quoting again for context: “The Birdwatch “reader context” attached to Biden’s tweet cited analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act from Reuters, pointing out that only the most profitable big companies would pay new federal taxes under the legislation.”
The pendulum is swinging to the center.