Twitter Announced a Series of Policy Updates, Friday Oct. 9th, aimed at Countering the Potential Spread of Misinformation around this year's Elections.
Starting Oct. 20th, Users will be Asked to Add their Own Comment before Retweeting a Post, an Attempt to Slow Users Down from Amplifying Tweets. That Change will Last at least through Election Day.
Twitter will also Change what Shows-Up on Timelines and in Trends, Removing Posts that are Recommended from People whom Users Don’t Follow.
Trends will Only be Surfaced in the “For You” Tab if they have Additional Context Attached to them.
“Twitter has a critical role to play in protecting the integrity of the election conversation, and we encourage candidates, campaigns, news outlets and voters to use Twitter respectfully and to recognize our collective responsibility to the electorate to guarantee a safe, fair and legitimate democratic process this November,” Twitter Executives, Vijaya Gadde and Kayvon Beykpour, wrote in a Blog Post.
Twitter will also Add New Labels to Hide Misleading Tweets from Popular Accounts. If Users try to Share Content that Twitter has Flagged as False, a Notice will Warn them that they are about to Share Inaccurate Information.
The Platform further Clarified its Policy around Premature Election Victory Declarations, which will include Labels and Direct Users to Twitter’s Official Election Page.
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