As of now, Twitter used to give ‘disputed prompt’ only while retweeting the misleading tweets. Now Twitter started warning before liking the misleading tweets too.
So Twitter has started flagging tweets that are in dispute or it is having potentially misleading content this year ahead of America’s Presidential Elections. For a labeled post if anyone tries to like or retweet the post it’ll give a warning. So labeling a post is an effort to stop the spread of misinformation and disputed content. Tapping the heart in the labeled post will “trigger a pop-up with a prompt of Find out more” button.
Giving context on why a labeled Tweet is misleading under our election, COVID-19, and synthetic and manipulated media rules is vital.
These prompts helped decrease Quote Tweets of misleading information by 29% so we’re expanding them to show when you tap to like a labeled Tweet. pic.twitter.com/WTK164nMfZ
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 23, 2020
The application experimental feature researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered the expanded function earlier this month. She tested the tweets which are related to the US election, showing up a warning “Official source may not have called the race when this was tweeted”.
Twitter is working on misinformation warning on Likes, just like the ones for Quote Tweets / Retweets pic.twitter.com/BLlmaw5RZK
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 9, 2020
A week after election day, Twitter revealed that it labeled 300,000 tweets as misleading between October 27th and November 11th. Out of those, 456 were blocked from being retweeted or liked and were hidden behind a warning before they could even be viewed. The company says its efforts have led to a 29% decrease in quoted tweets containing misleading information. According to The Verge, the feature expansion is rolling out on the web and iOS to all users around the world this week. Android users, meanwhile, will start seeing prompts in the coming weeks. These features from Twitter may stop the disputes and saves from misleading information.
So that’s it for now. Thanks for reading and do share the article if you get a bit piece of information. Also, keep an eye on this space for more relevant updates. Stay safe and hope we see you around.
