The unverified era: politicians' Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2023.2293868" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2023.2293868</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.2293868" target="_blank" >10.1080/19331681.2023.2293868</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The unverified era: politicians' Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This note discusses the impact of changes made to Twitter after Elon Musk's acquisition of the company, specifically focusing on the verification of politicians' accounts. With Twitter serving as an essential source of information, the blue badge of verification has provided assurance of account legitimacy. However, as of April 2023, blue badges were removed from the accounts of users without a Twitter Blue subscription. This note analyzes the verification status of politicians' accounts before and after the changes and finds that over 80% of previously verified politicians have lost their verification. The study used a dataset of 5,156 Twitter accounts of current or former members of parliament in 32 European countries. The note also highlights that the new gray badge, which was introduced to replace the blue badge for politicians and government organizations, is not widely awarded, except in the United Kingdom where members of parliament have a gray badge.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The unverified era: politicians' Twitter verification post-Musk acquisition

Popis výsledku anglicky

This note discusses the impact of changes made to Twitter after Elon Musk's acquisition of the company, specifically focusing on the verification of politicians' accounts. With Twitter serving as an essential source of information, the blue badge of verification has provided assurance of account legitimacy. However, as of April 2023, blue badges were removed from the accounts of users without a Twitter Blue subscription. This note analyzes the verification status of politicians' accounts before and after the changes and finds that over 80% of previously verified politicians have lost their verification. The study used a dataset of 5,156 Twitter accounts of current or former members of parliament in 32 European countries. The note also highlights that the new gray badge, which was introduced to replace the blue badge for politicians and government organizations, is not widely awarded, except in the United Kingdom where members of parliament have a gray badge.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

ISSN

1933-1681

e-ISSN

1933-1681

Svazek periodika

neuvedeno

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

neuvedeno

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

1-5

Kód UT WoS článku

001130234200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85180192616