U.S. Elections are all over, but social media networks are still trying to combat the enormous misinformation spread on their platforms. Twitter today Public That would warn users if they would try to do something like a tweet that is supposed to be misleading.
It is important to refer to why our election, COVID-19, and the tweet labeled under the artificial and manipulated media rules are misleading.
These hints have helped reduce misleading information quote tweets by 29% so we extend them to show when you tap a labeled tweet. pic.twitter.com/WTK164nMfZ
– Twitter support (Twitter support) November 23, 2020
Previously, the company applied such labels when users tried to retweet disputed information or say articles they had not actually read. According to Twitter, the move was effective in reducing the spread of misleading information by 29%, so it is clear that labels make no difference.
The company is now taking a step further by warning when you also like tweets with false information. While the move is unlikely to have the potential to prevent retweets of potentially misinformation, it is not uncommon to see such tweets with thousands of likes.
This has the effect of adding a sense of validity to the tweet, even if they have vague false information labels. It may be a good idea to reduce the number of people who choose not to think critically about potential misinformation.
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Published November 24, 2020 – 03:08 on UTC
