Zignal’s knowledge covers the era of January 9-15, according to the Post. The researcher also discovered that during this era, hashtags and slogans similar to the Capitol Attack gave the impression of much less on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social networks. FightforTrump fell by nine5%, and #HoldTheLine and “March for Trump” fell more than nine5%, the Post reported.
The Post also cited an examination through misinformation researchers, the Election Integrity Partnership, which found that a small number of conservative and pro-Trump Twitter accounts had a significant effect on the site. Only 20 of these accounts accounted for a fifth parte. de retweets involving incorrect voting information, according to the study.
Twitter is not gaging Trump. Facebook banned Trump on January 7 and Snapchat silenced Trump on January 13. Several social media sites have also taken strong action against content that raises considerations about incitement to violence. YouTube, owned by Google, for example, banned Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast channel on January 8, the same day Reddit banned subreddit r/Donaldtrump.
The Post quoted Graham Brookie, director of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Laboratory, about such “dismantling. “The board follows the misinformation.
“Ultimately, dismantling, especially on last week’s scale, is holding back the momentum and ability to succeed in new audiences,” Brookie told the Post. But he added that “it also has a tendency to harden the criticisms of those already engaged in the dissemination of this kind of false information. “