Twitter Changes <br />Have Caused , Surge in Propaganda, <br />Study Suggests.<br />On April 24, a study was published which found that Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments <br />have benefited from recent changes to the platform.<br />Associated Press reports that the study <br />suggests that changes to Twitter made it easier <br />for them to attract new followers and <br />disseminate propaganda and misinformation.<br />One of those changes include <br />no longer labeling state-run <br />media and propaganda agencies. .<br />The other change is no longer preventing <br />content from those agencies from being <br />automatically recommended to users.<br />According to the study by Reset, <br />Russian state media accounts have seen <br />their views climb by 33% in recent weeks. .<br />AP reports that increase equals <br />over 125,000 views per post.<br />Meanwhile, state media agencies <br />run by Iran and China have also <br />seen similar increases in views. .<br />The use of state-run media labels was quietly <br />discontinued after NPR and other outlets <br />protested receiving the same mark.<br />The use of state-run media labels was quietly <br />discontinued after NPR and other outlets <br />protested receiving the same mark.<br />Previously, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said he sees <br />little difference between state-funded news <br />run by authoritarian governments <br />and outlets operating in the U.S.<br />All news sources<br />are partially propaganda, <br />some more than others, Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, via Associated Press
