X can feel like two parallel universes at times.
There’s the version where the president of the United States chooses the platform to announce he won’t be running for re-election. That’s the one where the worldwide authority on a particular subject uses X to offer their expert take on unfolding events.
And then there’s the version where false claims, hate and conspiracy theories, including many posts relating to the recent riots and protests across the UK, are recommended to millions who have made absolutely no attempt to seek them out.
At the centre of it all is X’s owner Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest people. But this isn’t just a story about the monetisation strategy and algorithms employed by X under his tenure and how they are boosting divisive content.
Someone is very afraid they have lost control of the narrative.
Under what law is “sharing online material of riots” criminalised? https://t.co/xY7fX4spVf
— Carl Benjamin (@Sargon_of_Akkad) August 7, 2024
THIS DESERVES A FULL READ
Thirteen men, all of Somali origin, have been convicted of the systematic sexual abuse of vulnerable girls as young as 13 in Bristol and officers are investigating claims against 49 other suspects.
The victims, some of whom were in local authority care,… pic.twitter.com/I6cDcNPdgg— Deport Foreign Criminals (@peterstopcrime) August 6, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
