Twitter will now suppress ‘false’ and ‘misleading’ tweets under ‘crisis misinformation’ policy · American Wire News

Twitter announced Thursday that the company would be implementing a new policy for its users that would focus on making sure widespread “misinformation” was not amplified on the site during crises.

Tweets branded as misinformation during a crisis will be blocked out with a warning notice under the new “Crisis Misinformation Policy,” the blog post read. Twitter added that the policy would prioritize tweets with high exposure or from “high profile accounts.”

A variety of credible sources will verify whether a claim contains “misleading” information, Twitter wrote in the post. These sources will include “conflict monitoring groups, humanitarian organizations, open-source investigators, journalists, and more,” the announcement said.

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