There is only one more day until Election Day, and Twitter is putting out additional steps that will be taken on its site as Americans await the result of Tuesday’s election.
“We’re committed to protecting the integrity of the [Election 2020] conversation on Twitter, and we will keep you updated on our continued efforts to do so,” the Twitter Support account wrote.
In sharing additional steps it will be taking on Election Day, the social network company wrote in a post:
“Today, we’re announcing additional, significant product and enforcement updates that will increase context and encourage more thoughtful consideration before Tweets are amplified.”
Noting it is “an unusual election” with a high number of mail-in ballots this election due to the coronavirus pandemic, Twitter wrote the mail-in ballots “may result in some state results not being resolved on election night.”
The post later read:
“Beginning on election night through the inauguration, we will label some Tweets that make claims about election results. We will be prioritizing the presidential election and other highly contested races where there may be significant issues with misleading information based on the below criteria.”
The social network company said state election officials and “national news outlets that have dedicated, independent election decision desks” are considered by them official sources for election results.
The seven outlets include the Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Decision Desk HQ, Fox News, NBC News, and ABC News.
“The official Twitter accounts of these news organizations, as well as Tweets directly citing a call from these news organizations, will be exempted from labels about election results.”
See the tweets below:
Tweets are eligible to be labeled if:
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 2, 2020
1. The account has a US 2020 candidate label (including presidential candidates & campaigns)
2. The account is US-based with more than 100k followers, or
3. They have significant engagement (25k likes or 25k Quote Tweets + Retweets).
When people attempt to Retweet a Tweet with a misleading information label, they’ll see a prompt pointing them to credible information before they are able to amplify it further on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/xuIp7msKWa
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 2, 2020
We’re committed to protecting the integrity of the #Election2020 conversation on Twitter, and we will keep you updated on our continued efforts to do so.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 2, 2020
There are more than 95 million votes cast early in the U.S., as of Monday morning, according to U.S. Elections Project.
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are both holding multiple events on Monday as they wrap up campaigning ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
