Twitter to add warnings to tweets containing misleading information

By expanding on an existing feature that warns users who attempt to retweet content that has already been flagged as “misleading information,” Twitter will now issue the same warning when users try to like content that has been similarly tagged.

As the 2020 presidential election approaches, Twitter announced in September that he was planning to introduce a series of policies aimed at curbing disinformation around vote totals, committing to include “additional warnings and restrictions on Tweets with a misleading informationfrom US politicians (including candidates and campaign accounts).”

The platform quickly delivered on that promise, flagging one of President Donald Trump’s tweets with a warning that “some or all of the content shared in this tweet is in dispute” with few hours left

until the start of voting in general elections.

In a tweet, Twitter said these posts and others like them helped reduce tweets containing misleading information quotes by 29%, prompting the platform to reveal similar speed limits designed to slow propensity. users to donate. I like tweets that contain lies.

The ability for users to pause and think before clicking “ like ” or “ retweet ” is part of a larger set of features aimed at curbing the spread of disinformation that Twitter has recently revealed. When users try to retweet on a tweet that contains a link to an article they haven’t read, for example, the site now displays a message encouraging the user to read the article before blindly sharing it with his followers.

The decision to add warning labels to tweets with “likes” was first report on by Jane Manchun Wong, Hong Kong-based software engineer popular for revealing new features that apps like Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok are beta testing by reverse engineering their code.

Although Twitter initially claimed the new features would be in place “at least” until Election Day, the fact that they will still be available for more than three weeks suggests that a longer-term approach to de-amplification could to be in place. content.