Twitter Axes Election Misinformation Reporting Tool
The Australian branch of Reset.Tech, an Internet digital policy activist group, says Twitter removed an option to report electoral misinformation 'in the last week or two.'
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The Australian branch of Reset.Tech, an Internet digital policy activist group, says Twitter removed an option to report electoral misinformation 'in the last week or two.'
Social media platform is loosening its checks over spread of organised disinformation campaigns
Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major U.S. and Australian votes. After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the "politics" category from its drop-down menu in every jurisdiction but the European Union, said the researcher Reset.Tech Australia. Users could still report posts to X globally for a host of ot...
SYDNEY — Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday (Sept 27), throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major US and Australian votes. After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the...
After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the