‘Just setting up my twttr’: 17 years of microblogging, misinformation and privacy risks

The microblogging platform Twitter, a child of the creative minds of four tech
graduates in San Francisco, California, has emerged as a social media force of
the 21stcentury.

Since its humble beginnings on March 21, 2006, Twitter has seen it all, growing
to an impressive community of over 450 million active users each month.

From an agora of ideas to misinformation, harassment and scams

The platform’s rise to success as it evolved from an SMS service to a go-to
medium for individuals to shar