<p>Twitter has introduced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could curb the growth in misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic.</p>

<p>It comes after the San Francisco-based social media giant announced its&nbsp;'one-size-fits-all' approach that is facing massive backlash from its users.</p>

<p>"We're testing a feature for you to report Tweets that seem misleading - as you see them," Twitter&nbsp;said from its safety and security account.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Starting Tuesday, a button would be visible to some users from the United States, South Korea and Australia to choose "it's misleading" after clicking "report tweet."</p>

<p>Users can then be more specific, flagging the misleading tweet as potentially containing misinformation about "health," "politics" and "other."&nbsp;</p>

<p>"We're assessing if this is an effective approach so we're starting small," the&nbsp;company said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"We may not take action on and cannot respond to each report in the experiment, but your input will help us identify trends so that we can improve the speed and scale of our broader misinformation work."</p>

<p>Twitter, like Facebook and YouTube, regularly comes under fire from critics who say it does not do enough to fight the spread of misinformation.</p>

<p>But the platform does not have the resources of its Silicon Valley neighbors, and so often relies on experimental techniques that are less expensive than recruiting armies of moderators.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Such efforts have ramped up as Twitter toughened its misinformation rules during the Covid-19 pandemic and during the US presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.</p>

<p>For example, Twitter began blocking users in March who have been warned five times about spreading false information about vaccines.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And the network began flagging tweets from Trump with a banner warning of their misleading content during his 2020 re-election campaign, before the then-president was finally banned from the website for posting incitements to violence and messages discrediting the election results.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moderators are ultimately responsible for determining which content actually violates Twitter's terms of use, but the network has said it hopes to eventually use a system that relies on both human and automated analysis to detect suspicious posts.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Concern around Covid-19 vaccine misinformation has become so rampant that in July Biden said Facebook and other platforms were responsible for "killing" people in allowing false info around the shots to spread. &nbsp;</p>

<p>He walked back the remarks the clarify that the false information itself is what could harm or even kill those who believe it.&nbsp;</p>


Twitter has introduced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could curb the growth in misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic. It comes after the San Francisco-based social media giant announced its 'one-size-fits-all' approach that is facing massive backlash from its users.

Twitter has introduced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could curb the growth in misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic. It comes after the San Francisco-based social media giant announced its 'one-size-fits-all' approach that is facing massive backlash from its users. "We're testing a feature for you to report Tweets that seem misleading - as you see them," Twitter said from its safety and security account. Starting Tuesday, a button would be visible to some users from the United States, South Korea and Australia to choose "it's misleading" after clicking "report tweet." Users can then be more specific, flagging the misleading tweet as potentially containing misinformation about "health," "politics" and "other." "We're assessing if this is an effective approach so we're starting small," the company said. "We may not take action on and cannot respond to each report in the experiment, but your input will help us identify trends so that we can improve the speed and scale of our broader misinformation work." Twitter, like Facebook and YouTube, regularly comes under fire from critics who say it does not do enough to fight the spread of misinformation. But the platform does not have the resources of its Silicon Valley neighbors, and so often relies on experimental techniques that are less expensive than recruiting armies of moderators. Such efforts have ramped up as Twitter toughened its misinformation rules during the Covid-19 pandemic and during the US presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. For example, Twitter began blocking users in March who have been warned five times about spreading false information about vaccines. And the network began flagging tweets from Trump with a banner warning of their misleading content during his 2020 re-election campaign, before the then-president was finally banned from the website for posting incitements to violence and messages discrediting the election results. Moderators are ultimately responsible for determining which content actually violates Twitter's terms of use, but the network has said it hopes to eventually use a system that relies on both human and automated analysis to detect suspicious posts. Concern around Covid-19 vaccine misinformation has become so rampant that in July Biden said Facebook and other platforms were responsible for "killing" people in allowing false info around the shots to spread. He walked back the remarks the clarify that the false information itself is what could harm or even kill those who believe it.

Twitter announces new feature to allow users flag 'misleading' content

<p>Twitter is&nbsp;planning to make a new addition to its platform.&nbsp;The social networking site is set to launch a bookmarking feature.</p>

<p>The new addition will allow Twitter to save tweets so that a user can read it later.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Till now users of the social media platform retweeted the tweets or used the&nbsp;&quot;heart&quot; button option to save a post for future reference. However, the &quot;heart&quot; button resembled more like an option and the retweet option was not that quick.&nbsp;</p>

<p>After the new feature is introduced, the users will be able to bookmark a post for future reference, instead of liking or retweeting it.</p>

<p>VP product Keith Coleman made the announcement with the hashtag &quot;Saveforlater&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">?????Fresh out of HackWeek and coming soon &mdash; a new way to save tweets to read later. Been a top request (??????!) The team would love your feedback as they dial in the design! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveForLater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveForLater</a> ?? <a href="https://t.co/6oo2lhqFbW">https://t.co/6oo2lhqFbW</a></p>
&mdash; Keith Coleman ?????? (@kcoleman) <a href="https://twitter.com/kcoleman/status/917547047053549568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Other employees from the social site also announced the ongoing progress to launch the new feature on Twitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are working on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveForLater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveForLater</a>. As someone who reads a LOT on Twitter, I&rsquo;m so excited for this. ?? <a href="https://t.co/dLuOSszsyH">https://t.co/dLuOSszsyH</a></p>
&mdash; Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) <a href="https://twitter.com/sriramk/status/917543435258572800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hi Twitter! Many of you (especially in Japan!) have said you&rsquo;d like to be able to easily + privately save Tweets for later. Right now, people bookmark Tweets by liking, DM-ing to themselves, or Retweeting. But this could be easier. <a href="https://t.co/iQ9W9mB1uV">https://t.co/iQ9W9mB1uV</a></p>
&mdash; jesar ?? (@jesarshah) <a href="https://twitter.com/jesarshah/status/917538205376770048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>&nbsp;The prototype shown below indicates the possible bookmark feature, which is likely to change.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">For Hack Week <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Twitter</a> we started developing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveForLater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveForLater</a>. Here&rsquo;s the early prototype that we put together in a week, which is likely to change. <a href="https://t.co/c5LekvVF3l">pic.twitter.com/c5LekvVF3l</a></p>
&mdash; jesar ?? (@jesarshah) <a href="https://twitter.com/jesarshah/status/917538321693261824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The new addition to Twitter will save tweets for later reading

Twitter is planning to make a new addition to its platform. The social networking site is set to launch a bookmarking feature. The new addition will allow Twitter to save tweets so that a user can read it later. Till now users of the social media platform retweeted the tweets or used the "heart" button option to save a post for future reference. However, the "heart" button resembled more like an option and the retweet option was not that quick. After the new feature is introduced, the users will be able to bookmark a post for future reference, instead of liking or retweeting it. VP product Keith Coleman made the announcement with the hashtag "Saveforlater". ?????Fresh out of HackWeek and coming soon — a new way to save tweets to read later. Been a top request (??????!) The team would love your feedback as they dial in the design! #SaveForLater ?? https://t.co/6oo2lhqFbW — Keith Coleman ?????? (@kcoleman) October 10, 2017 × Other employees from the social site also announced the ongoing progress to launch the new feature on Twitter. We are working on #SaveForLater. As someone who reads a LOT on Twitter, I’m so excited for this. ?? https://t.co/dLuOSszsyH — Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) October 10, 2017 × Hi Twitter! Many of you (especially in Japan!) have said you’d like to be able to easily + privately save Tweets for later. Right now, people bookmark Tweets by liking, DM-ing to themselves, or Retweeting. But this could be easier. https://t.co/iQ9W9mB1uV — jesar ?? (@jesarshah) October 9, 2017 × The prototype shown below indicates the possible bookmark feature, which is likely to change. For Hack Week @Twitter we started developing #SaveForLater. Here’s the early prototype that we put together in a week, which is likely to change. pic.twitter.com/c5LekvVF3l — jesar ?? (@jesarshah) October 9, 2017 ×

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