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Twitter walks it back

Should platforms intervene to stop disinformation?

Casey Newton
Oct 20, 2020
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Twitter walks it back

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On Wednesday, the New York Post published its now-infamous story about a laptop that might have once belonged to Joe Biden’s son, raising suspicions the article might have been part of a disinformation campaign intended to influence the result of the election. Facebook and Twitter, which have faced significant pressure to reduce the viral promotion of f…

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