
TwitterInc will partner with the Associated Press andReutersto more quickly provide credible information on the social networkingsiteas part of an effort to fight the spread ofmisinformation, it said on Monday.
Like other social media companies, the San Francisco-based firm has been under pressure to remove misleading or false information onitssite. Earlier this yearTwitterlaunched a program called Birdwatch, askingitsusers to help identify and fact-check misleading tweets.
Twittersaid it will collaborate with the newswires during breaking news events to add accurate context, which couldappear in various places onTwitter, such as a label attached to tweets about the event or as a "Moment," which curates information about trending topics onTwitter.
Thepartnerships mark the first timeTwitterwill formally collaborate with news organisations to elevate accurate information onitssite, aTwitterspokesperson said.
The spokesperson addedTwitterwill work separately with both theAPandReuters, a division of information services company ThomsonReutersCorp, and the newswires will not interact with each other.
“Trust, accuracy and impartiality are at the heart of whatReutersdoes every day ... those values also drive our commitment to stopping the spread ofmisinformation," Hazel Baker, global head of UGC (user-generated content) news gathering atReuters, said in a statement.
Tom Januszewski, vice president of global business development at theAP, said: "We are particularly excited about leveragingAP’s scale and speed to add context to online conversations, which can benefit from easy access to the facts.”