Twitter combats fakes news, deletes misleading and harmful contents
In an effort to combat manipulative discussions around the COVID-19 pandemic, Twitter has updated its policies last March 18 and removed over 2,230 Tweets containing misleading and potentially harmful content.
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Bye fear-causing fake Tweets
Those Tweets could incite people to action and cause widespread panic, social unrest, and even large-scale disorder. The company said that its automated systems have challenged more than 3.4 million accounts targeting manipulative discussions around COVID-19.
We have broadened our guidance on unverified claims that incite people to engage in harmful activity, could lead to the destruction or damage of critical 5G infrastructure, or could lead to widespread panic, social unrest, or large-scale disorder.— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 22, 2020
Twitter can no detect spam accounts and has broadened the guidelines on unverified claims. Accounts and contents with such content will be removed and blocked from Twitter.
Since introducing our updated policies on March 18, we’ve removed over 2,230 Tweets containing misleading and potentially harmful content. Our automated systems have challenged more than 3.4 million accounts targeting manipulative discussions around COVID-19.— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 22, 2020
Twitter also highlighted that it has partnered with the national public health agency or the World Health Organization (WHO) to each country where the initiative was launched.
They include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.
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Source: Twitter
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