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The Technology 202: Twitter’s voice tweets raise concerns about disinformation and abuse that’s harder to police | Washington Post

Twitter just rolled out voice tweets, which allow users to add up to 140 seconds of audio. But hold your jokes about how this is just the new voicemail: Tech experts warn that the audio feature could be a new vector for harmful content that’s even harder to police than text.

The new feature could raise new problems as the upcoming 2020 election, civil unrest and coronavirus pandemic are raising the stakes in Big Tech’s fight against abuse and disinformation on its platforms.

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Source: The Technology 202: Twitter’s voice tweets raise concerns about disinformation and abuse that’s harder to police | Washington Post