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Nature's Take: How Twitter's changes could affect science

Feb 27, 202326 min
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Episode description

Twitter has become indispensable to many scientists. It is a place to share findings, raise their profile, and is even used as a source of data in many studies.


In recent months though, the site has been in turmoil after a swathe of policy changes in light of Elon Musk's takeover. Never a stranger to misinformation and abuse, these problems have reportedly gotten worse. Additionally, the ability to use Twitter as a source of data is in peril, and malfunctions are more commonplace.


In this episode of Nature's Take we discuss how these changes are affecting the platform and the knock-on effects on science.

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