NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Twitter is piloting a new feature allowing users to flag posts as misleading as part of a broader approach to addressing misinformation, the company announced Tuesday.
“We’re testing a feature for you to report Tweets that seem misleading - as you see them,” the social media platform tweeted from its Safety account. “Starting today, some people in the US, South Korea, and Australia will find the option to flag a Tweet as 'It’s misleading' after clicking on Report Tweet.”
It’s not clear what will happen to posts that are flagged; the company added that it won’t be able to respond to each reported tweet during the pilot.
“We're assessing if this is an effective approach so we’re starting small,” the company added in a subsequent post. “We may not take action on and cannot respond to each report in the experiment, but your input will help us identify trends so that we can improve the speed and scale of our broader misinformation work.”
The move comes as social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube face continued scrutiny for allowing misinformation to fan out across their networks. It’s unclear how long the Twitter experiment will last or when it could possibly expand to other countries.