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TANGOTI Classic: How Black Women Tried to Save Twitter

TANGOTI Classic: How Black Women Tried to Save Twitter

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


TANGOTI Classic: How Black Women Tried to Save Twitter

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week's episode of DISINFORMED, Shireen Mitchell explored how Black women were among the first to speak up about the threat posed by disinformation, including Shafiqah Hudson. In this "best of" episode from July, we talk to Shafiqah about how she uncovered a coordinated network of bad actors pretending to be Black women on Twitter to spread disinformation and confusion. After tech leaders failed to act, Shafiqah worked to stamp them out herself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jan 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.