Twitter was just an orgy of hate this week
Telecommunication infrastructure was largely intact after the coup attempt because both sides needed it ! A major investigation into the operation of Twitter and WhatsApp will be needed post this attempted coup.
Why was content not moderated? Zero effort is made to filter out fake news or incitement to violence.
Why are there so many fake identities on the platform. We can’t allow such fanning of hate by anonymous individuals. There is going to need to be an enormous effort to register users and kick off hate bots that are still active.
Twitters weaknesses were horribly exposed this week and they will be seen by some to carry direct liability for some of what’s happened.
What’sapp groups must be closely limited in size and inflammatory content cannot be forwarded. This is not rocket science.
Watch for increased regulation and litigation.