As part of its continuing efforts to weed out fake news and misinformation from its platform, Twitter on Monday said that it has started warning users about tweets containing disputed or false information about COVID-19. In an official blog post, the company said that it is now adding labels and warning messages “that will provide additional context and information on some Tweets containing disputed or misleading information related to COVID-19”.
The labels appearing on tweets containing harmful and misleading information on the coronavirus will be similar to the labels the company introduced earlier this year to mark tweets with Deepfake content. According to Twitter, not only will the labels inform people that the information in the tweet is in direct conflict with guidance from public health experts, but the misleading tweets may also come with warnings depending on the propensity for harm and type of misleading information.
