Dec 12, 2021 04:22 AM
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White supremacists, extremists are a problem on Twitter Spaces
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-spa...premacists
INTRO: Twitter Spaces is being weaponized by white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and other extremist groups, according to researchers. A new report by the Washington Post highlights the hate speech and extremism that can be found on the largely unmoderated Twitter feature, Spaces.
Some examples of the extremist content being disseminated via Twitter Spaces include coronavirus disinformation and conspiracy theories, as well as derogatory discussions about Muslims, transgender people, and Black Americans.
Twitter Spaces is the social network's new-ish built-in audio feature allowing users to host live conversations with other users – basically an audio-only livestream where Twitter users can either just listen-in or volunteer to take part in the discussion too. Twitter first announced the feature in late 2020. The company then started rolling Twitter Spaces out to more users throughout 2021.
According to the report, Twitter executives knew it would be easy for malicious actors to break Twitter's policies within Twitter Spaces, yet employee concerns over these issues were pushed to the side in favor of platform growth.
To be fair to Twitter, these issues exist in the online audio space as a whole. Unlike written content, real-time audio moderation technology is in the very early stages. For now, audio moderation largely relies on users reporting prohibited content or human moderators listening to the content... (MORE)
SPAC that plans to take Donald Trump's media venture public soars in market cap to $2 billion
https://www.businessinsider.com/dwac-spa...ar-2021-12
KEY POINTS: The stock price of Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company, soared this week.
The company, intends to take President Donald Trump's forthcoming digital media platform public through a merger, is now worth $2 billion.
Earlier this week, DWAC revealed the deal was being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.
The company noted that neither FINRA nor the SEC had found any indication of wrongdoing, and the company said it was cooperating with both agencies.
In a pitch deck for TRUTH Social, TMTG stated that it aimed to "create a media powerhouse to rival the liberal media consortium and fight back against the 'Big Tech' companies of Silicon Valley who have used their unilateral power to silence opposing voices in America."
Critics have noted how little information has been unveiled about the workings of Truth Social. (MORE - details)
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-spa...premacists
INTRO: Twitter Spaces is being weaponized by white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and other extremist groups, according to researchers. A new report by the Washington Post highlights the hate speech and extremism that can be found on the largely unmoderated Twitter feature, Spaces.
Some examples of the extremist content being disseminated via Twitter Spaces include coronavirus disinformation and conspiracy theories, as well as derogatory discussions about Muslims, transgender people, and Black Americans.
Twitter Spaces is the social network's new-ish built-in audio feature allowing users to host live conversations with other users – basically an audio-only livestream where Twitter users can either just listen-in or volunteer to take part in the discussion too. Twitter first announced the feature in late 2020. The company then started rolling Twitter Spaces out to more users throughout 2021.
According to the report, Twitter executives knew it would be easy for malicious actors to break Twitter's policies within Twitter Spaces, yet employee concerns over these issues were pushed to the side in favor of platform growth.
To be fair to Twitter, these issues exist in the online audio space as a whole. Unlike written content, real-time audio moderation technology is in the very early stages. For now, audio moderation largely relies on users reporting prohibited content or human moderators listening to the content... (MORE)
SPAC that plans to take Donald Trump's media venture public soars in market cap to $2 billion
https://www.businessinsider.com/dwac-spa...ar-2021-12
KEY POINTS: The stock price of Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company, soared this week.
The company, intends to take President Donald Trump's forthcoming digital media platform public through a merger, is now worth $2 billion.
Earlier this week, DWAC revealed the deal was being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.
The company noted that neither FINRA nor the SEC had found any indication of wrongdoing, and the company said it was cooperating with both agencies.
In a pitch deck for TRUTH Social, TMTG stated that it aimed to "create a media powerhouse to rival the liberal media consortium and fight back against the 'Big Tech' companies of Silicon Valley who have used their unilateral power to silence opposing voices in America."
Critics have noted how little information has been unveiled about the workings of Truth Social. (MORE - details)