How the superrich are scheming to get the vaccine before you

After spending years trying to figure out how to guard against falsehoods on its platform, Twitter is turning to its users for help—and yes, that ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Presented by   After spending years trying to figure out how to guard against falsehoods on its platform, Twitter is turning to its users for help—and yes, that means you. With the pilot launch of a new feature called Birdwatch, Twitter users will be able to identify tweets with lies or misleading information and write a note that provides missing context. It’s the same idea behind Wikipedia. But in doing so, Twitter will face a battery of obstacles, from bias to harassment to the fundamental challenge of asking people for free labor—many of which may be insurmountable. However, if Twitter is able to adequately address these problems, it may have finally figured out a better way to scale up fact-checking online. Read more here. —Katharine Schwab   tech Twitter wants your help fighting falsehoods. It’s risky, but it just might work With Birdwatch, Twitter taps a new old weapon against misinformation—the crowd. But as any grizzled internet veteran knows, the company faces serious hurdles.   architecture Sprawl ruined Silicon Valley. Can world-class architecture fix it? A development in downtown San Jose will feature five new or renovated buildings by star architects Kengo Kuma and Associates, Bjarke Ingels Group, Studio Gang, and James K.M. Cheng Architects.   coronavirus West Virginia has a simple system that avoids wasting vaccine doses Instead of people hanging around outside of pharmacies waiting for a lucky shot, the state’s system alerts people nearby when leftover doses are available.

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