Center for an Informed Public“The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”
New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts
NEW YORK (AP) — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia's elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue check mark, a sign of authenticity.