Twitter to deemphasize, label politician tweets that break its rules

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Twitter to deemphasize, label politician tweets that break its rules

To strike balance between free expression and accountability.

Twitter Inc said on Thursday it would identify and deemphasize tweets that broke its rules but came from important sources, such as politicians, in order to strike a balance between free expression and accountability. The new feature comes as Twitter has been under scrutiny over political bias ...

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