Twitter has been a useful place to share information but it's also been a place for disinformation. A lot of the employees at Twitter who responsible for dealing with that sort of content and moderating it are now gone. So what do you think is going to happen with the rise of this and disinformation? "I can yeah it's going to get worse," he says.
Twitter has become indispensable to many scientists. It is a place to share findings, raise their profile, and is even used as a source of data in many studies.
In recent months though, the site has been in turmoil after a swathe of policy changes in light of Elon Musk's takeover. Never a stranger to misinformation and abuse, these problems have reportedly gotten worse. Additionally, the ability to use Twitter as a source of data is in peril, and malfunctions are more commonplace.
In this episode of Nature's Take we discuss how these changes are affecting the platform and the knock-on effects on science.
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