Posted on 02/11/2020 10:50:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Ensuring the public can find information from authoritative sources is a key aspect of our commitment to serve the public conversation on Twitter. This year, the United States Census Bureau will conduct its decennial Census, deploying resources across the country to ensure an accurate count of people living in the US. Statistics gathered by the Census are used to determine the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives and inform how state, local, and federal lawmakers will allocate billions of dollars in funds to local communities each year for the next decade.
Direct engagement with the Census Bureau and key stakeholders
Our outreach and close partnership with Census officials has driven our approach to keeping the conversation healthy. We partnered with the US Census Bureau in November 2019 to host a training at TwitterDC with more than 30 civil society partners in attendance that learned about Twitter's civic integrity policies and best practice content tactics. We’ve hosted a multitude of similar trainings and educational sessions for nonprofit organizations that will deploy resources to support the Census.
Twitter is also a founding member of the Civic Alliance, a nonpartisan group of businesses working together to increase civic involvement. The coalition will specifically focus on supporting participation in the Census.
Here’s what we’re doing to protect the Twitter conversation related to the #2020Census:
Dedicated Census search prompt
We’ve partnered with the US Census Bureau to launch a new tool so when someone searches for certain keywords associated with the Census, a prompt will direct individuals to the official Census site: https://2020Census.gov. This website provides clear information on the 2020 Census, how to participate, and how the Census process will safeguard individual privacy and security.
This new search prompt is available on iOS, Android, and mobile.twitter.com in the United States in English and Spanish. This is an expansion of our #KnowTheFacts prompt, which we specifically put in place for the public to find clear, credible information on critical issues.
Expanding policy enforcement to protect the Census conversation
Additionally, as part of our company-wide efforts to fight misinformation regarding participation in civic events, we’re applying our existing election integrity policy to Census-related content to make certain the Census conversation on Twitter remains healthy.
Ahead of key moments in the 2020 US election, we’ve turned on a tool that enables people to report misleading information about how to participate in an election or other civic event. It is against the Twitter Rules to share false or misleading information about how to participate in an election or other civic event. This tool helps us identify and remove misinformation that could suppress turnout for events such as the US Census and elections around the globe.
For updates on this work, follow @TwitterGov and @Policy.
Is Twitter worried that blue state conservatives will refuse to participate in the count this time around...?
Long form census answer. “Two people live here”. All other questions “N/A”. Did it last time and they sent someone out for a face to face. They were pretty frustrated when they left. With no additional info.
The word in the dark internet is that the census takers are looking for aliens to deport.
Even those who are not illegal alien can be tasseled with deportation if they actually participate. It is feared a thick accent might trigger the Census action
I expect the Census to be fought at every single angle, and the factual side of this to never be accepted.
Just curious.
In the above sentence, what word is the subject?
What word is the verb?
Is there a predicate phrase longer than just the verb?
What word is the object?
Or is the above headline not a sentence? If this is the case, can you re-write it so it is?
Multiple answers solicited. I'd like to see what you-all think.
“Long form census answer. “Two people live here”. All other questions “N/A”. Did it last time and they sent someone out for a face to face. They were pretty frustrated when they left.”
hell, when i did that, not only was there an attempted face-to-face, but they also knocked on the doors of my neighbors!
Can I get the Coronavirus if I talk to a Census worker infected with the virus ?
That that is is that that is not is not that is it is it not
Punctuation matters!
US Census search, prompt launch, and efforts to support Census conversations. If this is correct, should be prompts, not prompt. Who knows? People have gotten so used to texting, their sentences rarely make sense. Mkay? (I especially hate that one).
So, I guess there is a “search prompt” tool for the US Census, and the search prompt is “launch[ing]”.
U.S. Census search prompt = very long subject
launch = verb
Not easy to decipher, so it looks (almost) like it was written by a bot.
Same here - my kids were away at college - so I never included them
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kane-64b878140
If this is for the same guy, I’d have expected him to get a decent education there. It’s an interesting CV in any case.
Maybe it begins with a direct address:
U.S. Census, (you) search prompt launch (and) efforts to support Census conversations.
That gives “you” (implied) as the subject, “search” as the verb, and “prompt launch and efforts to support Census conversations” as a compound-complex direct object. “To support Census conversations” could be an adverbial phrase modifying “search” or an adjectival phrase modifying “efforts.”
Tax-chick's interpretation:
So, if "U.S. Census" is direct address and "search" is an imperative verb with a compound object, it might be re-phrased as,
(You - search - launch and effort).
It still makes no sense to me.
My best guess is that this gibberish means:
But,lamentably, it is still gibberish. And it may be eisegesis or hallucination on my part, as well.
Any more guesses, people?
My suggested headline re-write:
Twitter Launches New Search Tool for U.S. Census
Not the greatest headline, but a lot better than the original!
Your proposal makes sense. Whether it’s what the original writer intended is a different question.
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