Twitter adds option to report attempts to mislead voters

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation and voter manipulation.

In a blog post, Twitter announced a new reporting feature for tweets that attempt to spread false information about the electoral process. The new feature appears as a default option when a user elects to report a tweet.

When reporting a tweet, a user can simply select the “it’s misleading about voting” option, then let Twitter know how the tweet is trying to manipulate voters. This update looks to streamline the process, making the content easier to report, and getting it in front of the right eyes on the Twitter Safety team.

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According to Twitter’s policies, users may not use the platform to manipulate voters or interfere in elections. The company has detailed some uses of the service that break these rules. Tweets containing misinformation about how to vote or how to register to vote, such as posts saying users can vote via text message, would break the platform’s rules. False information about when to vote or misinformation about voting requirements, are also against Twitter’s terms of service.

Twitter has previously taken actionagain tweets and accounts that attempted to manipulate voters. The company has removed bot networks that spread election misinformation as part of its broader attempts to crack down on election interference.

The company says this new feature will roll out first in India on April 25, followed by the EU on April 29, just in time for elections. Twitter plans to continue to roll out this feature globally throughout the year.

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