BBC Billionaire Elon Musk has hailed Twitter as a bastion for freedom of expression ever since he acquired the social media site two years ago. But over the course of 2024, X, as it is now called, has evolved from […]
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BBC Meet Gabriela. She’s in her forties, Latina, and lives in Miami. She’s not that into politics, but she does care about the economy – and abortion rights. And she doesn’t know if she’ll vote – or who for. The
BBC Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories say they are being paid “thousands of dollars” by the social media site. The BBC identified networks of dozens
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A deluge of misinformation online about back-to-back hurricanes in the US has been fuelled by a social media universe that rewards engagement over truth. The scale and speed of false rumours about Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton has been unlike
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Getty/BBC Community volunteer Alfie Malone and reporter Kristen Griffith both struggled with what to make of an offensive audio clip that turned out to be fake When an audio clip appeared to show a local school principal making derogatory comments,
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BBC For Tyler Kay and Jordan Parlour, justice for what they posted on social media has come fast and heavy. Kay, 26, and Parlour, 28, have been sentenced to 38 months and 20 months in prison respectively for stirring up
BBC / Getty Images Wild Mother – the online alias of a woman called Desirée – lives in the mountains of Colorado, where she posts videos to 80,000 followers about holistic wellness and bringing up her little girl. She wants
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Irene Kim Irene Kim says Swifties can help win Kamala Harris the vote Taylor Swift has just endorsed Kamala Harris – but it’s not just her vote Harris is after, it’s her millions of fans. Weeks before Taylor Swift endorsed
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