Twitter would add more warnings and restrictions on tweets containing misleading information.
Twitter Inc said on Friday it would remove tweets calling on people to interfere with the U.S. electoral process or the implementation of election results, including through violence, with the company also announcing more restrictions to slow the spread of disinformation.
Twitter said in a blog post that starting next week, users will be prompted with credible information before they can retweet content that qualifies as deceptive.
He said he would add more warnings and restrictions on tweets with misleading information labels from US politicians such as candidates and campaigns, as well as US-based accounts with more than 100,000 subscribers or who get “meaningful engagement.”
Twitter, which recently told Reuters it was testing how to make its labeling more obvious and direct, said people will have to mine warnings to see these tweets. Users can also only “quote to tweet” this content, as likes, retweets and replies will be disabled.
Twitter says it has tagged thousands of misleading posts, although most of the attention has been focused on the tags applied to US President Donald Trump’s tweets. Twitter also said it would tag tweets that falsely claim a victory for any candidate.
The company has announced several temporary measures to slow the amplification of content: for example, from October 20 until at least the end of U.S. election week, global users who press “retweet” will first be directed to the “button”. quote tweet ”to encourage people to add their own comments.
It will also stop showing trending topics without additional context and prevent people from seeing recommendations “liked by” people they don’t know on their timeline.
Twitter’s decision to curb automated recommendations contrasts with Facebook Inc’s approach, which is stepping up promotion of its group’s product despite concerns about extremism in those spaces.
Social media companies are under pressure to tackle election-related misinformation and prepare for the possibility of violence or intimidation from polling stations around the November 3 vote.
Reuters reported that Republicans were mobilizing thousands of volunteers to monitor early voting sites and ballot boxes for evidence to substantiate Trump’s unfounded complaints about widespread voter fraud.
On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it would ban calls to watch polls using “militarized language.”
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