Posted on 02/20/2020 1:04:49 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and public figures, according to a leaked demo of new features sent to NBC News.
Twitter confirmed that the leaked demo, which was accessible on a publicly available site, is one possible iteration of a new policy to target misinformation it plans to roll out March 5.
In this version, disinformation or misleading information posted by public figures will be corrected directly beneath the tweet by fact-checkers and journalists who are verified on the platform, and possibly other users who will participate in a new “community reports” feature, which the demo claims is “like Wikipedia.”
“We’re exploring a number of ways to address misinformation and provide more context for tweets on Twitter,” a Twitter spokesperson said. “Misinformation is a critical issue and we will be testing many different ways to address it.”
The demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that have been deemed “harmfully misleading,” in nearly the same size as the tweet itself and prominently displayed directly below the tweet that contains the harmful misinformation.
Examples of misinformation included a false tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., a tweet about gun background checks by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a tweet by an unverified Twitter account posting a doctored video of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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It’s the modern day Green Stamps
The redemption center will always be out
of stock in the truth
Poisoning the well. This parallels YouTube putting up interstitials that show the liberal point of view on conservative content.
Chicom style social scores coming to social media. Guaranteed.
Twitter rep: You get 10 points for thinking correctly!
Or
Ah you get 10 demerits and a letter in your permanent record for not supporting democrats.
Users will do the work for them. I ran into one idiot on reddit tracking me with their RES plug in. Linked a post I made a year ago to something I recently posted and called me a “fascist.” Ha ha.
It’s serious though because these leftists are organized and will down vote brigade you. The companies will use those astroturfed down votes to ban or shadow ban.
You are not only shadow banned but are being shadowed which is creepy.
WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!
Twitter needs a slap down!
Tell Twitter we can figure out for ourselves what is and is not misinformation.
We don’t Twitter progressives deciding for us.
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