Disinformation on plataforms: actions taken by Twitter during a Covid-19 pandemic
In this article, we propose a critical reflection in the light of platform capitalism on the actions taken by Twitter to combat misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this, we contextualized the phenomenon of disinformation and the pandemic, and carried out a case study based on documentar...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Em Questão (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/116919 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/116919 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Desinformação Pandemia Covid-19 Alfabetização midiática Disinformation Pandemic Media literacy |
| Resumo: | In this article, we propose a critical reflection in the light of platform capitalism on the actions taken by Twitter to combat misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this, we contextualized the phenomenon of disinformation and the pandemic, and carried out a case study based on documentary research of the platform’s activities. We emphasize that the platform's coping strategy is based on two main perspectives: stopping misleading information through content moderation and providing secure information. Finally, we tensioned the proposals, pointing out the danger of an algorithmic solutionism and the limitation of some platform actions. |
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