Twitter, which first used such labels for the midterms last year, says it is trying to provide users with original sources of information and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling voters.
News headlines today: Dec. 12, 2019The company, which first used such labels for the midterms last year, said it is trying to provide users with original sources of information and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling voters.has checked that they are who they say they are.labels go further and provide details such as what office a person is running for and where. They will also carry a small ballot box icon.
Twitter hopes its efforts will help people know when candidates are behind the words attributed to them. This could prevent someone from creating an account pretending to be a politician, for instance, or attributing a tweet to a candidate who didn't actually make the tweet.
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