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Speaking at a Knight Foundation forum Tuesday, Jha said misinformation about the virus spread for a number of reasons, including legitimate uncertainty about a deadly illness. Simply prohibiting certain kinds of content isn't going to help people find good information, or make them feel more confident about what they're hearing from their medical providers, he said.
"I think we all have a collective responsibility," Jha said of combating misinformation about COVID. "The consequences of not getting this right — of spreading that misinformation — is literally tens of thousands of people dying unnecessarily."
A month into Elon Musk's reign at Twitter, the chaos at the social network continues.
Musk started off the week by calling out Apple, saying the iPhone maker had threatened to block Twitter from its app store and had mostly stopped advertising on Twitter.
Twitter's billionaire owner asked in a series of tweets whether buy phone number list Apple hated free speech and if it would go after Tesla, his electric-car company.
"Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?" asked Musk.
Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?
"Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won't tell us why," he added.
He also lashed out at Apple's app store fees, posting a meme suggesting he'd prefer to "go to war" then pay the 30% cut the company takes from most purchases made through its store.
Top advertisers pull back
If the company has pulled back on its Twitter ads it would not be alone, with a recent report finding Twitter had lost half of its top advertisers since Musk acquired the platform at the end of .
"I think we all have a collective responsibility," Jha said of combating misinformation about COVID. "The consequences of not getting this right — of spreading that misinformation — is literally tens of thousands of people dying unnecessarily."
A month into Elon Musk's reign at Twitter, the chaos at the social network continues.
Musk started off the week by calling out Apple, saying the iPhone maker had threatened to block Twitter from its app store and had mostly stopped advertising on Twitter.
Twitter's billionaire owner asked in a series of tweets whether buy phone number list Apple hated free speech and if it would go after Tesla, his electric-car company.
"Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?" asked Musk.
Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?
"Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won't tell us why," he added.
He also lashed out at Apple's app store fees, posting a meme suggesting he'd prefer to "go to war" then pay the 30% cut the company takes from most purchases made through its store.
Top advertisers pull back
If the company has pulled back on its Twitter ads it would not be alone, with a recent report finding Twitter had lost half of its top advertisers since Musk acquired the platform at the end of .