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Doc Talk Podcast Dives Into ‘Black Twitter’ With Director Prentice Penny, Takes On Elon Musk’s Ownership Of Social Media Platform
The degree to which Black users of Twitter added value to the business becomes clear in the Hulu docuseries Black Twitter, directed by Prentice Penny.
On June 6, NBC News reported, “Elon Musk’s social media app X has been placing advertisements in the search results for at least 20 hashtags used to promote racist and antisemitic extremism, including #whitepower, according to a review of the platform.” Mother Jones published an article in March that said, “Recently, the tech billionaire has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents on his platform X (formally known as Twitter), spreading misinformation about racial minorities’ intelligence and physiology to his audience of 176.3 million followers.” He explains how Black Twitter developed into “a thing” – that is, a place to find community, discover and validate common experiences, and create humorous memes and conversation flashpoints. Penny tells podcast co-hosts John Ridley, Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave, and Matt Carey, Deadline’s Documentary Editor, how he came to direct the series that’s based on Jason Parham’s multi-part piece in Wired magazine.
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