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06-30-2017, 05:09 AM
Twitter reportedly explores the idea of a fake news button
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See something on Twitter that may be false? Maybe an alternative fact?*
The company is "exploring" a feature that would let you flag the tweet as containing "misleading, false, or harmful information," The Washington Post reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/06/29/twitter-is-looking-for-ways-to-let-users-flag-fake-news/?utm_term=.80a9bd404718) Thursday, citing two a**nymous people familiar with the matter.*
SEE ALSO: Here's a way Facebook is actually fighting fake news (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/facebook-modify-link-details-fake-news/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It remains to be seen if the feature will ever see the light of the day.*
"We are **t currently testing this **r do we have any current plans to ship it," a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable.*
Twitter product managers and engineers, like those at other tech companies, often brainstorm and create features that never get implemented. Take, for example, Twitter's exploration of expanding tweets to more than 140 characters or an edit button.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/twitter-fake-news-button/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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See something on Twitter that may be false? Maybe an alternative fact?*
The company is "exploring" a feature that would let you flag the tweet as containing "misleading, false, or harmful information," The Washington Post reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/06/29/twitter-is-looking-for-ways-to-let-users-flag-fake-news/?utm_term=.80a9bd404718) Thursday, citing two a**nymous people familiar with the matter.*
SEE ALSO: Here's a way Facebook is actually fighting fake news (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/facebook-modify-link-details-fake-news/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It remains to be seen if the feature will ever see the light of the day.*
"We are **t currently testing this **r do we have any current plans to ship it," a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable.*
Twitter product managers and engineers, like those at other tech companies, often brainstorm and create features that never get implemented. Take, for example, Twitter's exploration of expanding tweets to more than 140 characters or an edit button.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/twitter-fake-news-button/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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