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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Twitter's Vulnerabilities, Exposed

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Twitter's Vulnerabilities, Exposed

Elon's Twitter had its first test against bad actors from a foreign country. It didn't go well.

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

December 2, 202226m 44s

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Show Notes

Dating back to the Arab Spring, Twitter’s potential for real-time organizing has been a selling point. But trying to find information on China’s “Zero COVID” protests reveals just how vulnerable the now-understaffed platform is to manipulation.

Guest: Joseph Menn, cybersecurity reporter for the Washington Post

Host: Lizzie O’Leary


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