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Twitter testing new feature that allows users to flag misleading tweets

• ByAyushi Ray     |    August 19, 2021

Twitter testing new feature that allows users to flag misleading tweets . This is part of the tech giant’s efforts to reduce misinformation on the platform. Users will be able to report a tweet they believe contains misleading political or health information, or is inaccurate for any other reason, a Twitter spokesperson said. This is not the first time Twitter has asked for help from its users to identify content that contains misinformation. In January, it launched a programme called Birdwatch, which lets participants write notes and provide additional context to misleading tweets, though those notes are held on a separate website.

The company will test the feature in the United States, Australia and South Korea to start, the spokesperson added. Once a user marks a tweet as misleading, it will be reviewed by a combination of automated technology and human moderators, which will decide whether to take action, Twitter said. Twitter India, after a series of trials and tribulations, finally got itself in the wave of social media companies following a new IT Rule put forward by the Government of India. They have appointed nodal officers who are of Indian origin, and now if this feature comes into effect in India, it will bring this tech giant with it’s millions of users back to the front seat.

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