On Saturday, August 19, X (formerly Twitter) chairman Elon Musk tweeted he would be removing the microblogging platform’s block function. It would remain intact for direct messages, but would otherwise become obsolete. This is the latest in a series of controversial and often confusing moves from Musk since he took ownership of the platform in ...
If share price is anything to go by, Tesla is in trouble. The market capitalization of the electric vehicle (EV) company has fallen by 73% from its record high in November 2021, causing concern for investors. On the face of it, there is no crisis. The cars are still the benchmark for performance. The underlying ...
Chinese influencers spread propaganda on all types of social media. Vica Li describes herself as a “life blogger” and “food lover” who focuses on teaching her 1.4 million Instagram followers about China so they may travel the country with ease. “Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into Vica’s life!” she ...
Recently, China made a mockery of the British origin spy franchise James Bond by releasing a spoof video. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua mocked MI6 by releasing the spoof video containing a character named James Pond. This is a deliberate attempt at mocking the very popular spy depicted in the 007 films, James Bond. ...
Thousands of Chinese fake accounts on Twitter were used to spread a fake theory of the killer virus originating in the U.S. The recent discovery is similar to fake accounts being used to promote Chinese Communist Party propaganda. Chinese fake accounts on Twitter Popular microblogging platform Twitter confirmed the news saying it has deleted thousands ...
In this age of social media, such as Twitter, and being an influencer, many country’s government officials are jumping on the bandwagon to stay in touch with the people, and the world, via various social media platforms. Among these sites, Twitter is probably the most popular and well-connected platform. This social media platform uses 140 ...
Twitter users are three times more likely to follow back the accounts of strangers if they share the same political bias, according to a new study that sheds light on the phenomenon of “echo chambers” on social media. The peer-reviewed study saw researchers, including from the University of Exeter Business School, conduct a field experiment ...
John Matze, the CEO of social media platform Parler, recently lashed out against Big Tech like Twitter and Facebook, saying that the censorship activities of these platforms have been sharply increasing of late. Parler was launched in 2018 and has seen a boost in popularity after many conservative voices shifted to the platform. The new ...
Micro-blogging site Twitter recently suspended the account of Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who has around 60,000 followers. Her crime — she suggested that the COVID-19 virus was made in a lab and was intentionally released to the world. Censoring Chinese virologist Dr Yan After COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan, Dr. Yan and her ...
China’s attempt to spread CCP coronavirus propaganda through international social media platforms recently took a hit as Twitter removed over 170,000 pro-CCP accounts. About 23,750 of them were highly active accounts that acted as the core network of disinformation campaigns. Almost 150,000 of them were “amplifier accounts” used to spread the messages on the platform. ...