Twitter Targets COVID-19 Misinformation With Labels, Strike System
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Twitter targets Covid vaccine misinformation with labels and 'strike' systemTwitter is expanding its use of warning labels on tweets that contain misleading details about coronavirus vaccines.
The move, announced in a blogpost on Monday, is designed to strengthen the social network’s existing Covid-19 guidance, which has led to the removal of more than 8,400 tweets and challenged 11.5m accounts worldwide.
In December the platform started providing more labels providing additional context to tweets with disputed information about the pandemic. Now the company is increasing its focus on posts about vaccines specifically, and starting a strike system that “determines when...
From the Center
Twitter Takes Aim At Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation With New Labels, Strike SystemTwitter will attach warning labels to posts that contain misleading information about coronavirus vaccines and introduce a strike system for repeat offenders, the tech giant announced Monday, as the company tries to combat the circulation of misinformation. Twitter employees will initially be charged with labeling posts they determine violate Twitter policy, and their decisions will be used to teach Twitter’s automated tools to identify and label similar content across the platform, according to the company.
The labels may link curated content, like Twitter Moments, or links to trusted sources for...
From the Right
Twitter says it will issue permanent bans for COVID-19 vaccine misinformationTwitter said Monday it will start labeling coronavirus vaccine misinformation on its platform and warned that those who violate its rules repeatedly will face permanent bans.
"Starting today, we will begin applying labels to Tweets that may contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to our continued efforts to remove the most harmful COVID-19 misleading information from the service," Twitter said in a press release.
The vaccine labels may link to curated content and public health information or to the Twitter Rules page. Twitter said its goal with the...
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