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Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media [View all]
(Reuters) - Twitter (TWTR.N) said on Tuesday it would start applying a label to tweets containing synthetic or deceptively edited forms of media, as social media platforms brace for a potential onslaught of misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The company also said it would remove any deliberately misleading manipulated media likely to cause harm, including content that could result in threats to physical safety, widespread civil unrest, voter suppression or privacy risks.
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Reporting by Katie Paul in San Francisco; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi and Leslie Adler
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