Twitter flagged Donald Trump’s tweets with election misinformation: They continued to spread both on and off the platform

Twitter flagged Donald Trump’s tweets with election misinformation: They continued to spread both on and off the platform

We analyze the spread of Donald Trump’s tweets that were flagged by Twitter using two intervention strategies—attaching a warning label and blocking engagement with the tweet entirely. We find that while blocking engagement on certain tweets limited their diffusion, messages we examined with warning...

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Main Authors: Zeve Sanderson, Megan A. Brown, Richard Bonneau, Jonathan Nagler, Joshua A. Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Harvard Kennedy School 2021-08-01
Series:Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Subjects:
elections
platforms
social media
twitter
Online Access:https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/twitter-flagged-donald-trumps-tweets-with-election-misinformation-they-continued-to-spread-both-on-and-off-the-platform/

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https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/twitter-flagged-donald-trumps-tweets-with-election-misinformation-they-continued-to-spread-both-on-and-off-the-platform/

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