After banning political ads and berating Donald Trump, Twitter wants to encourage its users to ... Think carefully before retweeting content. "Sharing an article can spark a conversation, so you might want to read it before tweeting it," the "@TwitterSupport" account said on Wednesday on its profile.
Sharing an article can spark conversation, so you may want to read it before you Tweet it.
To help promote informed discussion, we're testing a new prompt on Android –– when you Retweet an article that you haven't opened on Twitter, we may ask if you'd like to open it first.
"To promote informed discussions, we are testing a new type of incentive on Android - when you retweet an article that you have not opened on Twitter, we may ask you if you would like to open it before," detailed the platform. Five months before the American presidential election, the latter is stepping up measures to police exchanges between users, who are often stormy, even surly.
Mobilization against disinformation
In addition, the social network is mobilizing against disinformation with fact-checking systems. Twitter has also banned political ads, and demonstrated two weeks ago that it was not afraid to punish Donald Trump, still very talkative on his favorite platform.
The Twitter network has reported that the President's comments on postal voting were misleading and supported by newspaper articles. Then he pinned up another tweet for "condoning violence."
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