Twitter may start labeling your tweets based on how wrong you are

When she tweeted, “In 12 hours, darkness will ascend in parts of the world. Stay tuned,” a “Stay Informed” label popped up prompting users to learn more about the concept of time zones. And when she tweeted, “We eat. Turtles eat. Therefore we are turtles,” Twitter slapped a “Misleading” label on her post, noting that it’s a logical fallacy. This feature could help reduce the spread of misinformation, or at the very least provide important context for issues that may be too nuanced to fit in 280 characters. However, it does raise concerns about censorship, particularly given how we’ve seen social media platforms bungle moderating Palestinian voices in recent weeks amid the Israel conflict. Twitter’s algorithms have screwed up before, and there’s no arguing that mislabeling inconvenient truths as “fake news” could have lasting repercussions.
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