How does Twitter’s tweet labeling work?
By DW
01 June 2020 |
9:00 am
Social media giant Twitter is in the headlines for putting warnings on politicians' tweets, including those of US President Trump. DW looks at what Twitter's new labels do, how they work and why it is not fact-checking.
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