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Melanie Stansbury: the failure of Twitter and other social media companies to moderate political disinformation not only fueled its use in…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2023
the failure of Twitter and other social media companies to moderate political disinformation not only fueled its use in election tampering in 2018 but allowed for election denialism to run rampant in 2020.
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Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico

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Highlighting the consequences of social media's failure to manage disinformation.

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