Moderation in Twitter

Content moderation

Muller2022effects examined the impact of removing Donald Trump from Twitter, reporting a big reduction in toxicity.

Pre-musk era

• Birdwatch: Crowd Wisdom and Bridging Algorithms can Inform Understanding and Reduce the Spread of Misinformation

Post-musk era

Due to Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, Twitter is going through a big change.

Articles about content moderation

• Welcome to hell, Elon
• Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve

Firing

• It appears Elon Musk has fired the director of software engineering at Twitter who, with a team of researchers, found “Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left.”