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Social networks play a huge role in modern elections. There are a large number of profiles on the Internet that try to influence people. Many of these profiles gather news to convince different voters about certain ideologies, but others go further and spread false information. In the 21st century, fake news and incorrect information have a large niche on the Internet and those responsible for the main social networks work to exterminate this information.
In the past we have seen how Cambridge Analytica illegally influenced the outcome of a presidential election and Twitter has put urgent measures in place so that users can report tweets that are intended to influence political outcomes. The blue bird will now allow report tweets specifying that they contain this type of content We understand that this will help a human team or the most advanced artificial intelligence to detect these tweets more quickly and remove them from the network as soon as possible.
What will Twitter's new fake news report be like?
There are currently two places in the world where there will be upcoming elections for which this feature will arrive. The most important are those of 28A in Spain, and also in India or even in Europe soon.Users will have access to a new option when reporting a Tweet. We know that thanks to Engadget.
Twitter currently allows us to report a tweet for several reasons:
- I'm not interested.
- It is suspicious or spam.
- Displays an image that may offend the sensitivity of some people.
- Abusive or disruptive.
It will be precisely in this last option where we will see an extra section (which is not yet available) in which it will be possible to specify that the tweet includes false information for votersThis new feature is already reaching Twitter users although many may not see it activated on their phone. There are all kinds of content that can be flagged as suspicious under this option.
Twitter wants to prevent all kinds of fake news and false tweets from spreading through its real-time information network that could change the future of a nation. It will be impossible for all content of this type to be avoided but with this feature many will be able to be removed in time. It is a small change, but very important to prevent the most influential groups from changing their vote as a result of false information published on the web.
