Prompted by Musks acquisition of Twitter, The Conversation published several articles exploring these issues.These articles from our archive look at the effects of content management, the dangers of COVID-19 misinformation, Twitters underappreciated nature as a data source, Black Twitters vital role in social justice movements, and the difficulties of starting over in a post-Twitter world.Free speech, bias and manipulation Among Musks stated motivations for buying Twitter was to address his claim that the platform was biased against figures on the right.
Montclair State University researchers clocked an “immeditate, visible and measurable spike” in hate speech on the site during the first 12 hours of Musk’s ownership.