Coronavirus: Twitter to label misleading content

Twitter is introducing new labels and warning messages to tell users about tweets containing “disputed or misleading information” about coronavirus.

The move is intended only to provide context to the information users post, rather than remove them from the platform – which is the tactic both Facebook and YouTube have followed.

It follows the company announcing the addition of warning labels to “significantly and deceptively altered” images and videos which are designed to mislead people.

The labels will link through to either a page curated by Twitter on the topic, or to an external trusted source with more information about claims included in the tweet.