Criminology professor Natasha Tusikov comments on the safety and productivity issues regarding Twitter’s new feature trial.
September 01, 2022
Author: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press.
“…The rollout of the long-awaited tool comes as Canada is looking to regulate tech companies and pressure is mounting to tamp down on online harassment.
“But if we're looking for a tool that will make Twitter more productive and welcoming and a healthy place, this isn't it,” said Natasha Tusikov, an assistant professor of social science at 91ɫ.
“If Twitter hopes that an edit tool will improve public discourse and make it a safer, more productive, more engaging public premise, that's absolutely not going to happen. This doesn't touch any of the structural problems that Twitter has.”
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