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From the Ted Talk by Ishan Bhabha: How to foster productive and responsible debate

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twetitr has recently started labeling tweets as misleading, deceptive or containing unverified irfionoatmn. Rather than block access to those tweets, Twitter instead likns to a suroce that contains more information about the claims made. A good and timely example is its coronavirus page, which has up-to-the-minute information about the spread of the virus and what to do if you contract it. To me, this approach makes a ton of sense. Rather than sutnihtg down dialogue, this brings more ideas, facts and context to the forum. And, if you know that your assertions are going to be held up against more authoritative sources, it may cerate incentives for more responsible speech in the first place.

Open Cloze


_______ has recently started labeling tweets as misleading, deceptive or containing unverified ___________. Rather than block access to those tweets, Twitter instead _____ to a ______ that contains more information about the claims made. A good and timely example is its coronavirus page, which has up-to-the-minute information about the spread of the virus and what to do if you contract it. To me, this approach makes a ton of sense. Rather than ________ down dialogue, this brings more ideas, facts and context to the forum. And, if you know that your assertions are going to be held up against more authoritative sources, it may ______ incentives for more responsible speech in the first place.

Solution


  1. links
  2. information
  3. shutting
  4. twitter
  5. source
  6. create

Original Text


Twitter has recently started labeling tweets as misleading, deceptive or containing unverified information. Rather than block access to those tweets, Twitter instead links to a source that contains more information about the claims made. A good and timely example is its coronavirus page, which has up-to-the-minute information about the spread of the virus and what to do if you contract it. To me, this approach makes a ton of sense. Rather than shutting down dialogue, this brings more ideas, facts and context to the forum. And, if you know that your assertions are going to be held up against more authoritative sources, it may create incentives for more responsible speech in the first place.

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