Elon Musk’s Plans For Twitter Could Make Its Misinformation Problems Worse
Given challenges–such as doxxing and other malicious personal harms online–it’s important for user authentication methods to preserve privacy.
Anjana Susarla is the Omura Saxena Professor in Responsible AI in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Her research interests include social media analytics and the economics of artificial intelligence. She earned an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai; a graduate degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; and Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in several academic journals and peer-reviewed conferences such as Academy of Management Conference, Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Information Systems Research, International Conference in Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science and MIS Quarterly. Dr. Susarla has been a recipient of the William S. Livingston Award for Outstanding Graduate Students at the University of Texas, a Steven Schrader Best Paper Finalist at the Academy of Management, the Association of Information Systems Best Publication Award, a Runner-Up for Information Systems Research Best Published Paper Award and the Microsoft Prize by the International Network of Social Networks Analysis Sunbelt Conference.
Given challenges–such as doxxing and other malicious personal harms online–it’s important for user authentication methods to preserve privacy.
Because of Musk’s other businesses, Twitter’s ability to influence public opinion in the sensitive industries–aviation & automobile industry–would automatically create a conflict of interest.