This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

Elon Musk's chaotic reign at Twitter is fueling worries that racist trolls and their sympathizers

are feeling more powerful than ever on the platform. So what's the best way for people to

protect themselves and fight back against digital disinformation now?

Everything that you see on social media, whether it's something that's trending or, you know,

something that may appear to be popular, that you got to delve a bit deeper.

Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host,

Jason Johnson. The aftermath of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter has shaken the worlds of business,

media and politics, which trolls returning to prominence, advertisers backing out,

and the already shaky discourse on the platform turning increasingly poisonous.

But is there a way to keep social media honest, even when the people that run it aren't?

And what's the best way to fight the spread of disinformation there and protect the people

who are targeted by it? Joining us to discuss it is Christopher Busy. He's the CEO and founder

of Bot Sentinel, a company that identifies and tracks disinformation and targeted attacks on social

media platforms. Christopher Busy, welcome to a word. Thank you for having me here.

Tell me a little bit about Bot Sentinel. What led you to found Bot Sentinel? What does it do day to day?

What is it? I mean, it sounds very cool. It sounds like something that should be rolling out

with Autobots and Decepticons, but to us laymen out there, what does Bot Sentinel do?

It's a platform for people who are primarily on Twitter to use it to be able to identify accounts

that are, you know, inauthentic, problematic, disruptive. So, you know, they go to our website,

they enter in a Twitter handle, and it gives them a score. And the score is anywhere between 0 to 100,

0 being, you know, an account that is normal and using Twitter as intended. It's 100 where it's

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