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Unmasking Twitter & Election 'Black Boxes'

Unmasking Twitter & Election 'Black Boxes'

Elon Musk's move to acquire Twitter and restore a neutral platform ahead of the midterm elections could also shine a spotlight on "black boxes" that tabulate votes.

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Erin Marie Joyce
Apr 29, 2022
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Preserve your "black box" source code, Twitter. And you too, election software vendors.

Tesla pioneer Elon Musk's winning, $44-billion bid for Twitter – and the left's freakout about his intent to restore the platform’s political neutrality –- could be a paradigm shift for free and open debate, and election software that counts the votes.

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