Twitter Adds New Restrictions To Crack Down On Spam, 'Misinformation' Ahead Of Election Day
Twitter Adds New Restrictions To Crack Down On Spam, 'Misinformation' Ahead Of Election Day
by Tyler Durden Fri, 10/09/2020 - 12:29
Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which last month announced plans to launch its long-promised "oversight board" before Nov. 3, Twitter has announced that it's planning a raft of measures, including making it more difficult for tweets to go viral ahead of the vote, to ensure that social media doesn't contribute to any election day violence.
According to a blog post published around noon on Friday, one of the 'speed bumps' being implemented by twitter will prompt users to add a "comment" when they go to share - or retweet - a tweet. The move is designed to slow the rapid-fire retweeting of others" - a behavior that President Trump, one of the world's most famous Twitter users, has occasionally exhibited.
Twitter's recommendations and trends features will see "new curbs" added to try and prevent abuse.
"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," company officials said in a blog post - written by Vijaya Gadde, the Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead at Twitter, and Kayvon Beykpour, its product lead - published at noon Friday.
Politicians, including President Trump, will be subjected to new restrictions if they start to share "falsehoods" according to Twitter. If they continue sharing "false" information - aka information that challenges the Democratic narrative - the accounts will be hit with "additional warnings and restrictions".
Twitter will also intervene to block any premature claims of victory. Any tweet deemed to "interfere" in the electoral process, according ot a panel of moderators, could be removed. Starting Friday, new limits on content from people users don't follow will be imposed in an effort to help SJWs avoid that sting of discomfort that comes when their views are challenged in any way.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/twitter-adds-new-restrictions-crack-down-spam-misinformation-ahead-election-day
by Tyler Durden Fri, 10/09/2020 - 12:29
Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which last month announced plans to launch its long-promised "oversight board" before Nov. 3, Twitter has announced that it's planning a raft of measures, including making it more difficult for tweets to go viral ahead of the vote, to ensure that social media doesn't contribute to any election day violence.
According to a blog post published around noon on Friday, one of the 'speed bumps' being implemented by twitter will prompt users to add a "comment" when they go to share - or retweet - a tweet. The move is designed to slow the rapid-fire retweeting of others" - a behavior that President Trump, one of the world's most famous Twitter users, has occasionally exhibited.
Twitter's recommendations and trends features will see "new curbs" added to try and prevent abuse.
"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," company officials said in a blog post - written by Vijaya Gadde, the Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead at Twitter, and Kayvon Beykpour, its product lead - published at noon Friday.
Politicians, including President Trump, will be subjected to new restrictions if they start to share "falsehoods" according to Twitter. If they continue sharing "false" information - aka information that challenges the Democratic narrative - the accounts will be hit with "additional warnings and restrictions".
Twitter will also intervene to block any premature claims of victory. Any tweet deemed to "interfere" in the electoral process, according ot a panel of moderators, could be removed. Starting Friday, new limits on content from people users don't follow will be imposed in an effort to help SJWs avoid that sting of discomfort that comes when their views are challenged in any way.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/twitter-adds-new-restrictions-crack-down-spam-misinformation-ahead-election-day
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