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iluvtennis

(21,480 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2020, 04:33 PM Feb 2020

Malcolm Nance@MalcolmNance, 1h
Twitter testing feature where users help flag politicians' lies - Business Insider

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https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-testing-feature-where-users-help-flag-politicians-lies-2020-2
Twitter is testing a system that lets users label false or misleading tweets by politicians, taking a cue from sites like Wikipedia and Reddit.

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think this is a good thing. But in the end, we each have to do our own due diligence.

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Malcolm Nance: witter testing feature where users help flag politicians' lies - Business Insider (Original Post) iluvtennis Feb 2020 OP

Yeah, like on FB with the trolls swarm and take down someone catrose Feb 2020 #3

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1. I hope when you flag something you need to link to correct information on a fairly neutral site.

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 04:45 PM

Feb 2020

Otherwise they're going to drown in "Fake News!" claims.

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3. Yeah, like on FB with the trolls swarm and take down someone

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:08 PM

Feb 2020

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2. Oh yeah, let AI tell us what's true or false. Can't see anything wrong with that.