Elon Musk's claims about the so-called 'Twitter Files' are over-hyped and largely corroborate what was already known about the company's moderation, experts say. Here's what they show.
Dorsey weighed in"I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time," he wrote."Of course mistakes were made."
But she said to get the full picture, outsiders need more than the"anecdotes" Musk's selected journalists are sharing — which, so far, focus exclusively on charged, highly partisan American political dramas. To better understand the decision to ban Trump, for example, it would help to see discussions around the accounts of other world leaders who have not been kicked off the platform, she said.
Framing the disclosures as secret knowledge plays particularly well on Twitter, said Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public.
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