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Twitter drops “Government-funded”/“state-affiliated“ from NPR, BBC, RT, Xinhua

10 points by moose_man 4y ago

moose_man 4y ago
I think the goal all along was to help out authoritarian state media. If there were ever a war, Elon's companies should be the first thing that is seized by the government.
- papito 4y ago
  It's not really "help". Musk is not an agent - he is a useful idiot. The goal of these "libertarians" is to subvert and sabotage democracy here at home. The way it is right now, the system is not working - they are not respected or loved enough. Therefore, the country is broken.
hunglee2 4y ago
does anyone know whether the removal of the labels impacts on the reach of these accounts? Shadow bans seem to be associated with the 'state-affiliated' label, in an effort to suppress the views of those so labelled
- moose_man 4y ago
  Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzled-russian-and-chinese-state-propaganda-thats-over-now https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzl...
  - hunglee2 4y ago
    thanks, interesting
    - moose_man 4y ago
      This tweet likely had way more visibility due to Musk - https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1644669039095037953 https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/16446690390950379...
jqpabc123 4y ago
Thanks Musk for demonstrating once again that those who complain the loudest about "media bias" are some of the biggest purveyors of it. "Fair and balanced" is really the last thing on their minds and can't be achieved with simple minded binary labels and judgments.
westurner 4y ago
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to retain the existing label, link to the resource indicating how much state financial support and/or editorial control, and also label other publishers by their known revenue methods: - advertising supported - directly politically supported - PAC-funded - SPAC-funded - nonprofit organization [in territories x, y, z] And maybe also their methods of journalism; in the interest of evidence-based policy by way of evidence-based journalism: - Source and Method - Motive and Intent - Admissibility vs Publishability - What else? Media literacy > Media literacy education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy#Media_literacy_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy#Media_literacy_...
- westurner 4y ago
  - Do they require disclosure of editorial conflicts of interest? - Do they require disclosure of journalistic conflicts of interest? - Do they allow citations? - Do they require citations? - Do they list the DOI string in the citation or a dx.doi.org URL for NewsArticles about ScholarlyArticles? - Which contributors are paid? - Which parent company owns the media outlet?
- westurner 4y ago
  - Whether they contractually own their credible personalities' media likenesses - Whether a given social media account is listed as an official disclosure account

10 points by moose_man 4y ago

I think the goal all along was to help out authoritarian state media. If there were ever a war, Elon's companies should be the first thing that is seized by the government.

papito 4y ago
It's not really "help". Musk is not an agent - he is a useful idiot. The goal of these "libertarians" is to subvert and sabotage democracy here at home. The way it is right now, the system is not working - they are not respected or loved enough. Therefore, the country is broken.

hunglee2 4y ago

does anyone know whether the removal of the labels impacts on the reach of these accounts? Shadow bans seem to be associated with the 'state-affiliated' label, in an effort to suppress the views of those so labelled

moose_man 4y ago
Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzled-russian-and-chinese-state-propaganda-thats-over-now https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzl...
- hunglee2 4y ago
  thanks, interesting
  - moose_man 4y ago
    This tweet likely had way more visibility due to Musk - https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1644669039095037953 https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/16446690390950379...

jqpabc123 4y ago

Thanks Musk for demonstrating once again that those who complain the loudest about "media bias" are some of the biggest purveyors of it. "Fair and balanced" is really the last thing on their minds and can't be achieved with simple minded binary labels and judgments.

westurner 4y ago

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to retain the existing label, link to the resource indicating how much state financial support and/or editorial control, and also label other publishers by their known revenue methods: - advertising supported - directly politically supported - PAC-funded - SPAC-funded - nonprofit organization [in territories x, y, z] And maybe also their methods of journalism; in the interest of evidence-based policy by way of evidence-based journalism: - Source and Method - Motive and Intent - Admissibility vs Publishability - What else? Media literacy > Media literacy education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy#Media_literacy_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy#Media_literacy_...

westurner 4y ago
- Do they require disclosure of editorial conflicts of interest? - Do they require disclosure of journalistic conflicts of interest? - Do they allow citations? - Do they require citations? - Do they list the DOI string in the citation or a dx.doi.org URL for NewsArticles about ScholarlyArticles? - Which contributors are paid? - Which parent company owns the media outlet?
westurner 4y ago
- Whether they contractually own their credible personalities' media likenesses - Whether a given social media account is listed as an official disclosure account