Twitter is conducting a test in which tweets from politicians with factually inaccurate information are given a brightly coloured label with the text that the tweet is “harmfully misleading.”
That works through user moderation.
The feature identifies a tweet as “harmfully misleading” if enough other twitterers have identified the tweet as such through a point system, NBC News writes.
Twitter has confirmed the existence of the test. Besides, the system also makes a distinction between various twitterers based on moderations from the past.
If a tweet receives an orange label with the text that it is “harmfully misleading”, Twitter will limit the further distribution of the tweet.
The feature is one of how Twitter wants to keep misleading information off its platform. Twitter hints that there are more tests, but does not say what they mean.
Presumably, Twitter wants to put a new feature like this live in the coming months, although that has not yet been confirmed. The US presidential elections are in November and the purpose of this function is to prevent the spread of disinformation during elections.