Twitter is making sure that there is no misinformation is spread on Election Night.
The company announced new rules and initiatives for the platform that will be put into play leading up to and including Election Day.
“We do not allow anyone to use Twitter to manipulate or interfere in elections or other civic processes,” company officials said.
Twitter will not allow users, including the candidates themselves, to declare a winner. Only state election officials or a projection from what the company called “two authoritative, national news outlets that make independent election calls.”
If a tweet says someone has won a race, it will be labeled and users will be directed to the official election page.
Twitter will also remove any tweet that is “meant to incite interference with the election process or with the implementation of election results.”
Twitter has already taken steps to label tweets that may pass on misleading information. If someone retweets one with misleading information they will be prompted to credible information before being able to finish the post by quoting tweet with likes, retweets and replies turned off.
Other changes to the platform will start Oct. 20 and will last through the end of election week, if not longer, Twitter said.
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