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COVID 19
All social media sites, specifically Twitter were impacted by COVID. Everyone tried to get people believe many different things about COVID -
Black Lives Matter
This was a movement that allowed Twitter, Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook to share information and organize protests. -
2020 Election
Twitter, Facebook, news sources, Instagram, and TikTok were used to try and convince people of what really happened with the 2020 Presidential Election. People would say that the other party cheated and one of the candidates was a horrible person. Politics along with social media can cause a lot of confusion and lies. -
Government almost going into default
Twitter was the main source for this. The government almost went into default and Twitter was on fire with people saying what party's fault it was. This caused a rift in the American people. -
Threads
Threads is a new social media app that rivals Twitter and has caused people to see how you can only see some truth on Threads but, Twitter you can say what you want. This can cause people to see false information.