Twitter tests labels, community moderation for lies by public figures

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Twitter tests labels, community moderation for lies by public figures

Targeting misinformation campaigns.

Twitter said on Thursday that it was testing a new community moderation approach that would enable users to identify misleading information posted by politicians and public figures and add brightly coloured labels under those tweets. NBC News earlier reported that Twitter company documents ...

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