Twitter to Limit Retweets of False and Political Issue Posts

You can add your personal opinion to a retweeted post

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Twitter will restrict retweets of posts that contain misinformation or could incite political conflict.

According to TechCrunch and other foreign media on the 12th, Twitter plans to implement measures to prevent retweeting posts containing false information or sensitive political issues. Additionally, starting from the 20th, Twitter will encourage everyone who retweets to share the tweet with a quote. This is a measure to prevent the spread of fake news and misinformation on Twitter ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

Twitter announced through its official account that "if posts from U.S. politicians or accounts with more than 100,000 followers contain misinformation, a warning label will be attached." Initially, Twitter's warning labels were only applied to posts by U.S. President Donald Trump, but the scope of posts subject to warning labels has now been expanded.

To view tweets with warning labels, users must first see a window with the phrase "This is a disputed issue" and click once more. Before retweeting such posts, users will see a notice saying "Please verify accurate information first." These posts cannot be simply retweeted; users must add their own opinions, and they cannot reply or like the post.

Furthermore, even for tweets without warning labels, when users press the retweet button, a quote tweet button along with a field to write their opinion will appear. The intention is to encourage users to add their personal opinions when retweeting.

Twitter has recently been experimenting with ways to limit retweets on the platform. Last month, it announced plans to launch a test feature allowing users to click links to retweet on the platform.

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