San Francisco (AFP)
After banning political ads and berating Donald Trump, Twitter now 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," said @TwitterSupport account on his profile on Wednesday.
"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," explained the platform. .
5 months before the US presidential election, Twitter is stepping up measures to police exchanges between users, who are often stormy, even surly.
The social network has also mobilized against disinformation, considered particularly crucial since the attempts to manipulate the US presidential election and the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Facebook and Twitter have put in place fact-checking systems, but Facebook largely exempts political figures from it, in the interest of the public not having their own opinion on the candidates for election.
The twitter network, on the other hand, has banned political advertisements, and proved two weeks ago that he was not afraid to punish the American president, who is still very talkative on his favorite platform.
Twitter reported Donald Tump's comments on postal voting as misleading, with newspaper articles. Then he pinned up another tweet for "condoning violence."
Elon Musk, the fanciful boss of Tesla and another verbose but critical user of Twitter, approved the decision made by the platform on Wednesday.
"Good idea," he reacted on the platform. "Many articles are retweeted on the basis of their title which often does not correspond to the content".
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