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In a May tweet, Jack Dorsey said Twitter will "point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally." Courtesy of Twitter By Scott Nover 34 seconds ago Whether Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey intended to or not, he and his company set new standards this year for how social media platforms moderate hate speech and misinformation.The timing was crucial, given that 2020 has been anything but normal. And in this presidential election year, with an international health crisis and social unrest thrown in for good measure, the conversation has played out online, with sometimes hateful and misleading or false rhetoric, in ways that have real-life consequences.Dorsey—Adweek’s Digital Executive of the Year—has made a point not to stand for it. His tough decisions have already put immense pressure on Twitter’s peers to clean up the misinformation and hate speech on their platforms—even when it comes from the president of the United States.As Dorsey recently explained, he and his company intend to learn from their past mistakes. “It would be silly for us not to change Twitter,” he told The New York Times in August. To him, the 14-year-old company “should become irrelevant if it doesn’t change, if it doesn’t constantly evolve and if it doesn’t recognize gaps and opportunities to get better.”Twitter’s decisions in June to fact-check and limit President Trump’s tweets set in motion an avalanche of activity in the social media industry. When Trump tweeted “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” a direct threat to shoot protesters in Minneapolis in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death while in police custody, Twitter restricted that tweet, removed it from its algorithmic recommendations and added an interstitial so users would be warned before clicking on it.The platform’s actions at that time stood in stark contrast to those of Facebook, which...

How the reactions on Twitter played out during the Raiders’ 45-20 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium: Pregame Time to put on a show. #TBvsLV I #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/sgFVt7VKkj — Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) October 25, 2020 First quarter Weekly reminder how good Agholor is… #Raiders — Tyler Brandt (@TheTylerBrandt) October 25, 2020 Straight down the field. Early lead in Vegas. #TBvsLV is live on FOX pic.twitter.com/YSHrTray6T — Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) October 25, 2020 If you want to beat the #Bucs you're more than likely going to have to take some chances and the #Raiders just took one and won — Roy Cummings (@RCummingsFHCN) October 25, 2020 Second quarter You know what they’re going to do but can’t stop it #RaiderNation #Raiders — Robert Collins (@poshfan69) October 25, 2020 An absolute dime from @TomBrady. @Buccaneers take a 21-10 lead. #GoBucs : #TBvsLV on FOX: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/nCwBl54Akc pic.twitter.com/ubu9vsShrR — NFL (@NFL) October 25, 2020 Brady looks awesome today. Figures. #Raiders — John P (@marra14_john) October 25, 2020 Third quarter Tom Brady is attacking every weak link in the @Raiders secondary. It's a master class he's putting on — Vincent Bonsignore (@VinnyBonsignore) October 25, 2020 TD #Raiders! Back in it. — The GOAT House (@GoatHouseNFL) October 25, 2020 GABE JACKSON EJECTED BECAUSE OF THIS???? Coming over the top @NFL @nflcommish #Raiders #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/HNMDx2bwlH — Frank Lucas (@Luke_The_Duke00) October 25, 2020 Fourth quarter Good thing the Raiders got those 3 points last drive — Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) October 25, 2020 Putting your faith in the Defense are we #Raiders #TBvsLV #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/cIBfy8DID9 — Guillermo (@GoogilyElmo) October 25, 2020 Clean pocket for Brady all day…awful effort, Raiders D. Absolutely unacceptable.#RaiderNation #raiders — Thomas Cipolla (@CoachCipolla37) October 25, 2020 Pass rush non existent. Brady having...

UFC By Mike Bohn October 24, 2020 4:24 pm By Mike Bohn | October 24, 2020 4:24 pm Former champ Robert Whittaker put himself back in position to fight for gold once more on Saturday when he beat Jared Cannonier in the UFC 254 co-main event. Whittaker (22-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) pulled off one of the most significant wins of his career when he beat Cannonier (13-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) by unanimous decision in the pay-per-view matchup at Flash Forum at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, putting himself back in position for a middleweight title shot. Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Whittaker’s victory over Cannonier at UFC 254. Andreas Hall Cannonier is KILLING Bobby Knucks legs. — Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) October 24, 2020 Ben Askren Man Whittaker has to start checking these kicks — “Young Superstar” (@Benaskren) October 24, 2020 Brian Kelleher Love me that same side kick Whittaker is going to — Baldy Ed (@brianboom135) October 24, 2020 Belal Muhammad I wonder if they’re gonna let Jared touch his rocks in between rounds — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) October 24, 2020 Dan Tom Some more nice hard leg kicks from Cannonier to close the round, but lean toward the overall work of Whittaker who did better at taking initiative as the round went on — Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) October 24, 2020 James Vick Whittaker looks good right now — James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) October 24, 2020 Lando Vannata Retweet if you think title eliminators should be 5 rounds. Whittaker vs Cannonier deserves a full 25. @ufc — Lando Vannata (@GroovyLando) October 24, 2020 Kenny Florian Cannonier doesn’t have a response for the blitz of Whitaker. Landed some nice leg kicks early tho. Whitaker fighting an excellent fight so far. #UFC254 — Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 24, 2020 Phil...

The two and a half week-long #EndSARS protests in Nigeria against police brutality has garnered attention and raised awareness far beyond the country’s borders thanks to a savvy, well-planned out campaign boosted by Nigerian and global celebrities. But none of this would have been possible without the sheer reach and immediacy of major social media platforms.The peaceful protest started online using the #EndSars hashtag before spreading quickly to thousands of people joining protests on the streets of Nigeria’s big cities and then London, Toronto, Houston, and elsewhere, again thanks to social media.But all social media is not created equal.The campaign to shut down the controversial and brutal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) thrived on Twitter in particular and a series of significant #EndSARS hashtags trended globally with millions of retweets. Even Twitter’s enigmatic founder Jack Dorsey joined young Nigerians in encouraging the global Twitter community to donate to the protest organizers using bitcoin.Twitter gave the EndSARS hashtag an official emoji and verified the Twitter accounts of several users at the forefront of the protest. This act of support contributed to the global credibility of the protest and boosted the movement both online and offline.But even as the hashtag picked up steam and was shared by the likes of Kanye West and Rihanna, over on Facebook and Instagram some of the posts with the #EndSARS hashtag were being incorrectly labeled as “fake news.”To make things worse, these “fake news” labels by Facebook and Instagram inadvertently helped to promote a self-serving, anti-fake news campaign by the Nigerian Army, which had come under intense scrutiny after men in military uniforms opened fire on unarmed, peaceful protestors at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on Tuesday (Oct. 20). The Nigerian Army has claimed its soldiers were not involved in what some have labeled a “massacre”...

This is some slow-cooked rage.Tensions in a Facebook group created to talk all things Crock-Pot and slow cookers appear to have boiled over this week, according to a screengrab shared on Twitter of an internal fight among members.According to the screengrab, which is allegedly of a post an admin of the group made in the Facebook group, the person is upset that other crockpot enthusiasts are not helping the “new crockstars” who have recently joined.“It has come to my attention that some of you feel as though you are crockpot masters and are elevated beyond helping new crockstars,” the post reads. “If this is you, congratulations, you do not need to be part of this group and you may find the exit at the top of the group page with the 3 little dots.”'ROGUE MINISTER' GOES OFF-SCRIPT AT WEDDING, VIRAL TIKTOK VIDEO SHOWSThe lengthy complaint goes on to say this “group about food” should act as “the one place we should feel free to ask new questions and try new things.”However, clearly some have been breaking that rule with their responses.NEW HAMPSHIRE RESTAURANT OWNER SAYS HE’D RATHER CLOSE THAN MAKE EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS WEAR MASKS Twitter was all in on the Facebook slow cooker drama. (iStock)“If you feel the need to be rude of condescending, please go to your mother’s house and say whatever you were going to type,” the admin wrote.In the list of offenses, the person writes they’re “done with people who make rude comments about foods people eat that others don’t” as well as “don’t with the ‘jokes’ about people throwing something away because it looks gross to you.”DAD MAKES EPIC 'KILLER ZOOM MEETING' HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR DAUGHTERThe post clearly struck a chord with others as the post was liked nearly 4,000 times and had 10 shares.On Twitter, interested...

Kourt Williams thanks his supporters after his injury. I wanted to thank everybody for their encouragement and prayers. I will be back stronger!!#BeatNebraska #GoBucks — Kourt Williams II (@kourt22williams) October 23, 2020 Multiple players react to the latest trailer from OSU Football. Chills... https://t.co/z5bz1Msy6e — Drue Chrisman (@DChrisman91) October 22, 2020 https://t.co/7xJwuLJnci — Ruck (@Jeremy_Ruckert1) October 22, 2020 Its almost here https://t.co/zsiykjBHYq — Teradja Mitchell (@teradja_) October 22, 2020 Just got chills watching it https://t.co/fR6bIECzwj — Antwuan Jackson (@Hercules__52) October 22, 2020 Gee Scott is patient in waiting for game day, something I personally can't relate to. ... https://t.co/Xg6wTv3rUA — Gee Scott Jr. (@Geescottjr) October 22, 2020 Teradja Mitchell expresses his faith. God been blessing me lately, even through the storms he still shows up — Teradja Mitchell (@teradja_) October 22, 2020 Both Ohio State Quarterbacks lost their Black Stripe. — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 21, 2020 — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 21, 2020 Tyreke Smith loves Jonathon Cooper mic'd up. You ever seen hurdles @JonathonCooper7 https://t.co/8lLstzhUSu — Tyreke Smith (@T_23_baller) October 21, 2020 Even more Black Stripes came off this week. — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 20, 2020 — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 20, 2020 — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 19, 2020 — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 19, 2020 Drue Chrisman shows us a true journey. What a journey pic.twitter.com/fpEPPSEe15 — Drue Chrisman (@DChrisman91) October 20, 2020 Harry Miller is back to his book reading. Does anybody have recommendations for books similar to those of Verne, Wells, Melville, Haggard, etc. Any classics from the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. — Harry Miller (@h_miller76) October 18, 2020 Jeremy Ruckert gives us a Michigan flashback. ~ Game week ~ #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/VVciA6bAwe — Ruck (@Jeremy_Ruckert1) October 18, 2020 Teradja Mitchell...

CLOSE Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the allegations involving Ukraine and his son Hunter Biden are actually a desperate attempt by President Trump's campaign to smear Biden and his family. (Oct. 21) AP DomesticWhen President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden take the debate stage Thursday night, Facebook and Twitter may be the ones in the hot seat over charges of anti-conservative bias.“I am not just running against Biden, I am running against the Corrupt Media, the Big Tech Giants, and the Washington Swamp,” Trump tweeted late Wednesday.Trump and other top Republican officials have for years alleged that Facebook, Google and Twitter target the political speech of right-leaning users to limit their online reach.Tech companies deny any partisanship, saying their policies strike a balance between users' rights to freely express themselves and keeping hate, abuse and misinformation off their platforms, though they concede they've made missteps in moderating content.  There is no clear evidence to support claims of systemic censorship or suppression, but controversy over social media's handling of a disputed New York Post article have again thrust GOP grievances into the national spotlight.Trump vs. Big Tech: Everything you need to know about Section 230 and why everyone hates itDorsey, Zuckerberg compelled to testify: Senate Judiciary Committee issues subpoenas to Facebook, Twitter CEOs over Hunter BidenTensions came to a head last week when the New York Post published an article alleging ties between Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings with Ukraine. The article cited unverified emails that were reportedly discovered by Trump’s allies. USA TODAY has not been able to confirm the authenticity of the emails.With the presidential election just weeks away, social media companies are on high alert for misinformation that could sway voters or tip the election in one candidate’s favor. National intelligence officials warned Americans on...

Twitter wants to help voters know their options for casting a ballot this fall. This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET's coverage of the run-up to voting in November. Anyone in the US who checks Twitter today through the weekend will see a message prompting them to learn more about their options for voting in November's general election. You can also see how to vote early in your state."As voters face unprecedented challenges when casting their ballot in the upcoming 2020 US elections, Twitter is doing what we can to ensure that people have access to the reliable information they need in order to exercise their right to vote," wrote Bridget Coyne, Twitter's public policy director, in a blog post on Thursday.To help, Twitter will send you to BallotReady, a nonpartisan site with ballot information for all 50 states. By entering your address, you can learn about your local ballot. Now playing: Watch this: For November's election, make a plan to vote 24:55 With at least 150 million Americans expected to vote this fall during the ongoing pandemic, state and local election officials are working to ensure voters can cast their ballots safely, from extending polling hours to expanding access to mail-in ballots.Already, 46 million Americans have voted early, with 33 million sending in mail ballots and 13 million voting early in person. Learn smart gadget and internet tips and tricks with our entertaining and ingenious how-tos. Read More

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