X [Twitter] briefly allows anti-Leo Frank ‘community note’ as antisemitism flares on the platform
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:52 am
"...A "community note" saying falsely that Leo Frank, the victim of an antisemitic lynching in 1915, was guilty of raping and murdering a young girl appeared and disappeared several times over the weekend on X, the platform known until recently as Twitter.
Community notes, which allow users to contribute additional context about tweets, were expanded in late 2022 as new owner Elon Musk’s favored tool for battling misinformation on the platform. But the community note about Frank offers the latest indication that the technology can be misused.
The note was appended to tweets by the Anti-Defamation League and its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, marking the anniversary of Frank’s lynching. The Jewish civil rights group was founded in the wake of the case..."
Source:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemi ... cle-755651
Community notes, which allow users to contribute additional context about tweets, were expanded in late 2022 as new owner Elon Musk’s favored tool for battling misinformation on the platform. But the community note about Frank offers the latest indication that the technology can be misused.
The note was appended to tweets by the Anti-Defamation League and its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, marking the anniversary of Frank’s lynching. The Jewish civil rights group was founded in the wake of the case..."
Source:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemi ... cle-755651
that Leo Frank, the victim of an antisemitic lynching in 1915, was guilty of raping and murdering a young girl...