New Twitter CEO and proprietor Elon Musk was fact-checked by his personal platform on Tuesday after he falsely attributed a quote to the science fiction epic “Dune.”
“Fanaticism is at all times a perform of repressed doubt,” Musk tweeted, attributing the saying to Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, which was lately was a blockbuster movie.
Customers shortly identified that the quote is definitely by the prolific Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung.
The actual fact test got here within the type of Twitter’s new Neighborhood Notes characteristic, which goals to “create a better-informed world by empowering folks on Twitter to collaboratively add context to doubtlessly deceptive Tweets.”
Musk touted the lately launched characteristic earlier this month, saying that it's a revamped model of Twitter’s pilot program, Birdwatch.
“Birdwatch (quickly to be renamed Neighborhood Notes) has unimaginable potential for bettering data accuracy on Twitter!” the billionaire tweeted.
The characteristic has been used to flag different highly effective people, together with a tweet by the White Home that incorrectly credited President Biden for growing Social Safety funds.
It’s one in all a number of notable adjustments that Twitter has made underneath Musk’s possession.
The platform has been unbanning well-liked accounts, making ready for the launch of its new $7.99 “Twitter Blue” subscription possibility, and chopping its workforce.
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