Twitter's new dedicated page for the US midterms, meant to provide commentary and analysis, quickly surfaced tweets from conspiracy theorists and bots
BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @jack , @cwarzel , @lisatozzi , @shani_o , @cwarzel , @rmac18 , @rmac18 , and @caseynewton See also Mediagazer Tweets: @jack : The midterm elections right now #Midterms2018 https://twitter.com/... Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : This morning Twitter rolled out its new midterm elections events page and its already surfacing false news and seemingly automated/bot/spam accounts https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/A2C4TnyPy3 Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi : Just hours into its rollout, Twitter's Midterm Election page's ‘latest’ tab is promoting hyperpartisan and false news, as well as tweets from seemingly automated accounts. http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @shani_o : why bother https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : it also seems to be equal opportunity with the garbage news...surfacing hyperpartisan stuff from the left and the right Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : The reason this is an issue is that Twitter is curating tweets for, according to a spox, people who may not be up to date on political news. Imagine being someone looking for reliable info on the Michigan election, going to this page, and seeing this about Kid Rock being senator. http://twitter.com/... Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : Me and @cwarzel spent about 5 mins on Twitter's new #Midterms2018 elections page and found a raft of problems http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Here's a case where Twitter's “we're rethinking everything” just feels a lot like “we're not thinking about anything” http://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer