Twitter is experimenting with putting bright orange and red labels underneath false statements and misinformation posted by politicians and public figures.
According to a new report, the company included tweets from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in its design mockups.
Twitter is considering adding the warning labels, which appear roughly as big as a tweet itself, as one component of a bigger set of policies around combating misinformation on the platform.
It’s unclear how Twitter would determine which posts to flag as misleading or exactly how the points-based system for community moderators would work.
“We’re exploring a number of ways to address misinformation and provide more context for Tweets on Twitter.
This is a design mockup for one option that would involve community feedback.
But we’re obviously always trying to get ahead of what we’re seeing and not leave any stone unturned.”. »
