Twitter Tests New Feature With US, Australia, South Korea Users To Allow Flag Tweets Carrying Misleading Content

False, incomplete, or distorted stories on social media platforms have been a matter of serious concern. Such misleading information spread quickly. To fight this menace, social media platforms have been taking measures. But more strict measures are required to curb the spread of misinformation. In order to tighten the noose around misleading content, Twitter has now decided to provide an option to flag tweets that contain misleading information. The microblogging platform is introducing a new feature that will allow users to flag a tweet as misleading. Twitter said that the feature will let users tell others about misleading tweets that are related to various categories like politics, health, Covid-19, and more.

The new feature has been being rolled out for some users in the US, South Korea, and Australia. It will be expanded to users in different countries soon. Twitter has added a new option for the new feature. When a user clicks on Report Tweet, the user will get an option namely, it’s misleading. Clicking here will flag a particular tweet as misleading. Twitter will review the post and take action accordingly. However, Twitter said that it will not be able to respond to each report or review every tweet tagged as misleading. But it said that inputs from users will surely help the team to make the feature useful and identify trends. It added that feedback will assist in expanding the horizon of the feature.

Notably, the company said that the feature is still being experimented with a small group of users. Twitter will assess the approach and then expand it to users worldwide. The latest feature will allow users to filter tweets that could be misleading. Twitter had earlier launched new labels and warning messages. This allowed Twitter to send warnings to users on tweets having disputed or misleading content. It had also introduced a strike system to fight against misleading tweets. This was, however, focused on combating misinformation involving the Covid-19 pandemic. Twitter permanently suspended accounts that were reported for strikes.