Twitter announces new policy to combat misinformation during the crisis

Under the new policy, tweets categorized as misinformation will not necessarily be deleted or banned, but will be hidden and their algorithmic promotion will be banned.

For now, the new policy will only apply to tweets related to international armed conflict and may eventually cover other crises such as natural disasters and public health emergencies.

“Content moderation is about more than leaving or removing content, and we have expanded the actions we can take to ensure they are commensurate with the severity of the potential harm,” Uriel Roth, head of Twitter safety and integrity, said in a blog post.

The new policy comes at a challenging time for Twitter as the company’s authorized sale to billionaire Elon Musk stalled and Musk vowed to cut the company’s moderation regimes in favor of an extremist view of free speech, but with his own statements. that the deal is pending investigation. As for the spread of fake accounts on the Twitter platform, it is unclear when and how his ideas will be implemented.