Caroline Orr BuenoNov 17, 2022

I spoke to TIME magazine about the vital role that Twitter plays in crisis- and disaster-related communication — serving as a hub for firsthand witness/survivor accounts, news gathering, emergency alerts & guidance, real-time updates on closures & safe passageways, direct contact with emergency services, etc — and how catastrophic it would be to lose this, especially since we have nothing to take its place yet.

https://time.com/6233609/uva-shooting-twitter-crisis/

Twitter Was Once Vital In a Crisis. The UVA Shooting Shows It Won’t Be Easy to Replace

If Twitter as we know it is lost, experts say a critical communication tool for responding to crisis situations will be lost.

Time
Show threadNisa (she/her) 
@rvawonk What do you think of TikTok? TikTok is starting to bulk up their search feature and have noticed similarly how events quickly spread. Downside is that sometimes content is unverified and/or very graphic and there’s little to prevent seeing it on your feed.
Nov 17, 2022 at 8:34pmWeb
Show threadDustin McCartneyNov 17, 2022
@nisadani @rvawonk yes...but TikTok is also under growing scrutiny due it's relationship with state actors; at least here in the U.S... and some in the FCC are discussing banning it: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/tech/fcc-commissioner-tiktok-ban/index.html
Show threadNisa (she/her) Nov 17, 2022
@dustin @rvawonk Yea TikTok isn’t my ideal choice due to its treatment of Black and/or Disabled creators, this unclear way that videos are promoted or shadow banned.