Tweets that contain a misleading claim and pose a high risk of harm will be removed from the platform. The company will then label or issue warnings about tweets involving disputed claims or misleading information that poses a smaller risk of harm.
The goal is “to provide additional explanations or clarifications in situations … where people may still be confused or misled by the content,” the company said a May 11 blog post.
Twitter will place the labels on all past and current tweets meeting this criteria.
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