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Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

  • Written by Laura DeNardis, Professor and Interim Dean, American University School of Communication
imageTwitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points at the company are weak points in society. NurPhoto via Getty Images

In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among...

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