Twitter will start labeling tweets that link tomedia sites affiliated withRussia .- The label says "This Tweet links to a Russian-state affiliated media website."
Twitter said Monday it plans to add cautionary labels to tweets that include links to media sites affiliated with the Russian state and will work to minimize the visibility of those tweets.
"As people look for credible information on Twitter regarding the Russian invasion of
Roth's tweet featured a screenshot from a user pointing out the new label. The label has an orange exclamation point, in bold says "Stay informed," and underneath it, "This Tweet links to a Russian-state affiliated media website."
Twitter will use the label for other "state affiliated" media sites "in the coming weeks," Roth said in the thread. As TechCrunch reported, the company previously $4 and for tweets "sharing their content lacked visible context," Roth said.
The company also will try to limit the audience of those tweets but did not indicate how it planned to do so.
Twitter has grappled with
Amid the current crisis, Twitter $4 it's adding tactics to improve safety online and in person, such as giving context through the Moments feature, "proactively" looking for altered media, and temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia.
Social media companies have been "on the defensive" with misinformation from Russian state news outlets, per $4, with false reports like that the Ukrainian government is committing genocide circulating on Facebook and Twitter.
"Since the invasion, we've seen more than 45,000 Tweets a day sharing links to Russian state-affiliated media outlets," Roth said in the Twitter $4.
Fake and misleading $4 related to the conflict have also been spreading online on TikTok, Insider previously reported.
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