Twitter Will Warn You When You Like Misleading Tweets

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Published on November 25, 2020 - Duration: 00:56s

Twitter Will Warn You When You Like Misleading Tweets

Twitter Will Warn You , When You Like Misleading Tweets.

The new feature expands upon another one that was recently implemented by the social media platform ahead of the 2020 election.

In which retweets of material flagged as misleading also received a warning.

When users "like" a tweet by pressing the heart icon, a prompt pops up encouraging them to "Find out more.".

According to Twitter, more than 300,000 tweets were labeled as misleading from Oct.

27 though Nov.

11.

456 tweets were blocked from being retweeted, having been hidden behind a warning.

The new feature of alerting users who have "liked" tweets deemed misleading will hit web and iOS users this week.

On Android devices, users will begin to notice the feature sometime in the next few weeks


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