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...
Main Authors: | Zeve Sanderson, Megan A. Brown, Richard Bonneau, Jonathan Nagler, Joshua A. Tucker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Harvard Kennedy School
2021-08-01
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Series: | Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review |
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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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