LONDON - Twitter will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19, the company said on Monday, as part of a new approach to misinformation tha
t will eventually extend to other topics.
Twitter said these labels, which will look similar to ones launched to flag synthetic and manipulated media, will also apply to tweets that have been sent before Twitter’s announcement and will be used regardless of who sent the tweet. Social media giant Facebook’s third-party fact-checking partners, which include Reuters, rate and debunk viral content on the site with labels and last month, YouTube said it would also start showing information panels with third-party, fact-checked articles for US video search results.
In March, Twitter banned here tweets that go against COVID-19 guidance from public health authorities. On Monday, Twitter's head of site integrity Yoel Roth said in a call with reporters that it would continue to prioritise the removal of tweets with a call to action that could potentially cause harm, such as telling people to stop social distancing.
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