{"id":18872,"date":"2020-05-27T04:54:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T04:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/twitter-plans-to-expand-its-misinformation-labels-but-will-they-apply-to-trump.html"},"modified":"2020-05-27T04:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T04:54:45","slug":"twitter-plans-to-expand-its-misinformation-labels-but-will-they-apply-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-plans-to-expand-its-misinformation-labels-but-will-they-apply-to-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter plans to expand its misinformation labels \u2014 but will they apply to Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump is again testing Twitter\u2019s <\/a> stomach for misinformation flowing from its most prominent users.<\/p>\n

In a flurry of recent tweets, Trump floated conspiracy theories about the death of Lori Klausutis, an intern for former Congressman Joe Scarborough who was found dead in his Florida office in 2001 \u2014 a freak accident a medical examiner<\/a> reported that resulted from a fall stemming from an undiagnosed heart condition. Scarborough, a political commentator and host of MSNBC\u2019s Morning Joe, is a prominent Trump critic and a frequent target for the president\u2019s political ire.<\/p>\n

The medical evaluation and lack of any evidence suggesting something nefarious in the former intern\u2019s death has not been enough to discourage Trump from revisiting the topic frequently in recent days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?\u201d Trump tweeted in mid-May. A week later, Trump encouraged his followers to \u201cKeep digging, use forensic geniuses!\u201d on the long-closed case.<\/p>\n

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A blow to her head? Body found under his desk? Left Congress suddenly? Big topic of discussion in Florida\u2026and, he\u2019s a Nut Job (with bad ratings). Keep digging, use forensic geniuses! https:\/\/t.co\/UxbS5gZecd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump <\/a> (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Twitter expressed that the company is \u201cdeeply sorry about the pain these statements, and the attention they are drawing, are causing the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working to expand existing product features and policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward, and we hope to have those changes in place shortly,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

When asked for clarity about what product and policy changes the company was referring to, Twitter pointed us to its blog post<\/a> on the labels the company introduced to flag \u201csynthetic and manipulated media\u201d and more recently COVID-19 misinformation. The company indicated that it plans to expand the use of misinformation labels outside of those existing categories.<\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0<\/strong>On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter quietly added a fact-checking link<\/a> to two tweets from the president containing false claims about mail-in voting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Twitter adds a warning label fact-checking Trump\u2019s false voting claims<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Twitter will not apply a label or warning to Trump\u2019s recent wave of Scarborough conspiracy tweets, but the suggestion here is that future labels could be used to mitigate harm in situations like this one. Whether that means labeling unfounded accusations of criminality or labeling that kind of claim when made by the president of the United States<\/em> remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

In March, Twitter gave a video shared by White House social media director Dan Scavino and retweeted by Trump its \u201cmanipulated content\u201d label<\/a> \u2014 a rare action against the president\u2019s account. The misleadingly edited video showed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden calling to re-elect Trump.<\/p>\n

According to the blog post Twitter pointed us to, the company previously said it will add new labels to \u201cprovide context around different types of unverified claims and rumors as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even within existing categories \u2014 COVID-19 misinformation and manipulated media \u2014 Twitter has so far been reluctant to apply labels to high-profile accounts like that of the president, a frequent purveyor of online misinformation.<\/p>\n

Twitter also recently introduced a system of warnings that hide a tweet, requiring the user to click through to view it. The tweets that are hidden behind warnings \u201c[depend] on the propensity for harm and type of misleading information\u201d they contain.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s renewed interest in promoting the baseless conspiracy theory prompted the young woman\u2019s widower T.J. Klausutis to write a letter<\/a> to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey requesting that the president\u2019s tweets be removed.<\/p>\n

In the letter, Klausutis told Dorsey he views protecting his late wife\u2019s memory as part of his marital obligation, even in her death. \u201cMy request is simple: Please delete these tweets,\u201d Klausutis wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn ordinary user like me would be banished from the platform for such a tweet but I am only asking that these tweets be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s hype for state lockdown protests puts Twitter and Facebook\u2019s new COVID-19 policies to the test<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Article source: http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/techcrunch\/social\/~3\/yN_x8t4RufU\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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