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Cartoon: X Disables reporting electoral misinformation

Tymofiy Kornyeyev, Staff Writer • October 21, 2023
X, formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability to report a post for political misinformation. This policy change arrives as a backdrop to the upcoming campaign period of the 2024 US Presidential Election. As the European Union recently described his site as having the highest degree of misinformation of any major social media platform, CEO Elon Musk seems to value an individual’s right to lie over the public’s right to be factually informed. (Tymofiy Kornyeyev)
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Tymofiy Kornyeyev
Tymofiy Kornyeyev, Staff Writer
Tymofiy is a junior and guest writer in Carlmont's journalism program making cartoons for the publication. He is interested in movies, video games, technology, and the sciences. Twitter: @808409tymkor