Twitter to start directing users to “credible” information when they attempt to retweet “misleading” information

With the 2020 US presidential election less than a month away, Twitter has introduced a series of measures that discourage retweets and restrict content that Twitter deems to be "misleading."

The most notable of these new measures is a prompt that directs users to "credible" information whenever they attempt to retweet something that has been branded as "misleading" by Twitter.

Twitter will also start directing users to the quote tweet composer when they attempt to retweet anything, even tweets that aren't deemed to be misleading, and encourage them to "add their own commentary."

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