I'm dubious of whether this is a real advantage. While the opportunity to expose more analysis to the raw data is real, it's much more likely that some people will take some unverified quotes out of context and amplify them for their own political purpose, and these falsities will become "facts".
People will most greatly believe things they can verify themselves. Twitter + Google change the game. The sky is blue, things fall down, and a whole onslaught of cross-corroborating first-hand reports readily accessible over the web that claim a politician is dead or a company is polluting, even if those reports are intentional disinformation by their enemies.
People will most greatly believe things they can verify themselves. Twitter + Google change the game. The sky is blue, things fall down, and a whole onslaught of cross-corroborating first-hand reports readily accessible over the web that claim a politician is dead or a company is polluting, even if those reports are intentional disinformation by their enemies.