Twitter will begin a pilot test to let users flag to the corporate tweets they believe contain misleading content, the social media firm said Tuesday, a part of its efforts to scale back misinformation on the platform.
Twitter will test the feature in the United States, Australia and South Korea in the first phase.
Users are going to be able to report a tweet they believe contains misleading political or health information, or is inaccurate for the other reason, a Twitter spokesperson said.
The test isn’t the primary time Twitter has sought help from its users to spot content that would spread misinformation. In January, it launched a programme called Birdwatch, which lets participants write notes and supply additional context to misleading tweets, though those notes are stayed a separate website.
The company will test the feature within the us, Australia and Asian nation to begin, the spokesperson added.
Once a user marks a tweet as misleading, it’ll be reviewed by a mix of automated technology and human moderators, which is able to decide whether to require action, Twitter said.
