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Last year, the anti-extremism group Center for Countering Digital Hate found that 65 percent of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and Twitter came from just 12 people, including the activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the natural lifestyle influencer Dr. Joseph Mercola.

The Tesla CEO’s mythmaking often obscures an uglier truth. The public is finally reckoning with it.

'We can't even get our party to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.' The New York Democrat ridicules a meme shared on Twitter by Elon Musk, the platform's new owner and the world's richest person.

Guess what? Zooming is bad for effective meetings

Musk’s desire in buying Twitter goes beyond a desire to shape public discourse. Today’s equivalent of the Gilded Age oligarchs, who are gobbling up increasing chunks of the media landscape, also have access to a trove of personal data of users.

Tsunami of disinfo, Musk on the prowl, and other media moments

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Twitter examined political bias in its algorithm in seven countries. In six of seven countries tweets from rightwing politicians and news organizations received more amplification than those from the left