Remember when Twitter blocked people from sharing the New York Post’s story on Hunter Biden’s laptop and suspended the Post for weeks until it took down its story? Well, Twitter wants you to believe that it’s taking yet another step in the fight against misinformation by partnering with the Associated Press and Reuters “to add accurate context.”
Twitter partners with AP, Reuters to battle misinformation on its site https://t.co/sX7V42Oqjs pic.twitter.com/vWMOpPGPoP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2021
Reuters reports:
“Trust, accuracy and impartiality are at the heart of what Reuters does every day … those values also drive our commitment to stopping the spread of misinformation,” Hazel Baker, global head of UGC (user-generated content) newsgathering at Reuters, said in a statement.
Tom Januszewski, vice president of global business development at the AP, said: “We are particularly excited about leveraging AP’s scale and speed to add context to online conversations, which can benefit from easy access to the facts.”
That accurate context “could appear in various places on Twitter, such as a label attached to tweets about the event.”
No conflict of interest whatsoever!
— The Federal Rickserve 🧸 (@ChairmanRick) August 2, 2021
Chickens consult with foxes to improve hen-house security.
— Langhorne (@_Langhorne) August 2, 2021
Because there times when "misinformation" is subjective. On those issues who gets to be the arbiter of what is right or not?
— Rebecca Hauser (@offgridlife) August 2, 2021
Very strong "Cuba and Russia on the UN Human Rights Council" energy.
— Silent Calvinball (@TexasCalvinball) August 3, 2021
Is this supposed to be reassuring? Hint: It’s not…….
— Darwin (@Darwin31413583) August 2, 2021
This the same AP that was renting office space from Hamas? @Twitter @TwitterSupport
— David Savage (@tecnomuzik) August 2, 2021
I trust a drink from Bill Cosby more than I trust Twitter, AP and Reuters to tell me what's misinformation and what isn't.
— Sinister Looking Kid (@TakenUserName42) August 2, 2021
Hilarious
— Kathy Smith (@KathySm59005579) August 2, 2021
Oh good, I was afraid I’d have to discover the truth of things on my own
— Hodlen Wilbury (@indi_visible) August 3, 2021
Gee, just like one big happy misinformation fighting machine.
— Jenn1987 (@JennD2468) August 2, 2021
— TΞXAS (@texaslegionary) August 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/elane1013/status/1422350824764854275
Senior propagandists tutoring junior propagandists! 😂
— Gen 🇺🇸 (@Gen_Gen_T) August 2, 2021
The Reuters story even mentions Twitter’s “Birdwatch,” which as far as we know never actually did anything.
Related:
Because THAT won’t be abused: Twitter’s new ‘Birdwatch’ allows users to add ‘notes’ to tweets they believe are misleading https://t.co/y0S7zF1gT5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2021
