Twitter has announced that it will be employing "a new community-driven approach to help address misleading information" called Birdwatch which news media are comparing to the model of content moderation used by Wikipedia. "Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar to Wikipedia to flag potentially misleading tweets,"
Right on. And then there are the notorious William Connolly (et al.) depredations on every Wikipedia entry related-to or mentioning climate and climate change — all from the "official narrative" position to reinforce "carbon-panic." By its very nature and architecture, Wikipedia is vulnerable to deception, since there are no controls and reality-testing resources built in, and insufficient bandwidth for algorithmic deception-detection.
Great move. I'm keenly awaiting Twitter setting the record straight on the Douma chemical weapons attacks, condemning the kneejerk Western bombings and backing the OPCW whistleblowers.
Right on. And then there are the notorious William Connolly (et al.) depredations on every Wikipedia entry related-to or mentioning climate and climate change — all from the "official narrative" position to reinforce "carbon-panic." By its very nature and architecture, Wikipedia is vulnerable to deception, since there are no controls and reality-testing resources built in, and insufficient bandwidth for algorithmic deception-detection.
The whales are watching us, and they are spewing ambergris in despair.
Great move. I'm keenly awaiting Twitter setting the record straight on the Douma chemical weapons attacks, condemning the kneejerk Western bombings and backing the OPCW whistleblowers.