Though the company took to Twitter on Monday to inform users that “March is Womxn’s History Month,” using an alternative styling of “women” in a bid to include non-binary gender identities, it made an abrupt about-face just a few hours later, announcing that it would revert back to the standard …
Read More »Now that the US election is over, Twitter reverts retweet policy admitting it failed at ‘more thoughtful amplification’
As of Wednesday, Twitter has re-enabled the “standard retweet behavior” and removed the quote default imposed on October 21. “We hoped this change would encourage thoughtful amplification and also increase the likelihood that people would add their own thoughts, reactions and perspectives to the conversation,” the company said in a …
Read More »‘Russian hacking’! Media reverts to form in responding to Hunter Biden/Burisma report
A last-minute development before the November election is somewhat of a tradition in US politics, so much so there’s a name for it – “October surprise” – going back to 1980 or so. In 2016, it was supposed to be Donald Trump’s ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, only to be overshadowed by …
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