{"id":1601346,"date":"2022-08-11T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601346"},"modified":"2022-08-11T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:10:00","slug":"twitter-unveils-new-plan-to-protect-u-s-midterm-elections-brings-back-prebunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-unveils-new-plan-to-protect-u-s-midterm-elections-brings-back-prebunks\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Unveils New Plan to \u201cProtect\u201d U.S. Midterm Elections, Brings Back \u2018Prebunks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-unveils-new-plan-to-protect-u-s-midterm-elections-brings-back-prebunks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2720270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2720270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2720270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22133492375021.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world&#039;s pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its over 217 million users around the world \u2014 politicians, journalists, activists, celebrities, weirdos and normies, cat and dog lovers and just about anyone else with an internet connection. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2720270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Daniel Baldwin \u2013OAN White House Correspondent<br \/>UPDATED 10:41 AM PT \u2013 TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022<\/h5>\n<p><span>Twitter released a new plan to \u201cprotect\u201d the 2022 Midterm Elections by combating what the social media platform labels as misinformation. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2022\/-our-approach-to-the-2022-us-midterms\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span> Thursday, the social media platform disclosed it would be reinstating \u201cprebunks\u2026to get ahead of misleading narratives on Twitter, and to proactively address topics that may be the subject of misinformation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Specifically, the company said it would be placing prompts directly on people\u2019s timelines in the US Twitter used this feature in the 2020 Election. In addition, the platform announced it would be activating its Civic Integrity Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Civic Integrity Policy covers the most common types of harmful misleading information about elections and civic events, such as: claims about how to participate in a civic process like how to vote, misleading content intended to intimidate or dissuade people from participating in the election, and misleading claims intended to undermine public confidence in an election \u2013 including false information about the outcome of the election,\u201d the blog post read. \u201cTweets with this content may be labeled with links to credible information or helpful context, and Twitter will not recommend or amplify this content in areas of the product where Twitter makes recommendations. People on Twitter will see a prompt prior to liking or sharing labeled tweets, and in cases where there is potential for harm associated with the false or misleading claim, the Tweet may not be liked or shared to prevent the spread of the misleading information.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Twitter has pledged to restrict the spreading of posts, articles, or images that do not meet its new guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cTweets with this content may be labeled with links to credible information or helpful context, and Twitter will not recommend or amplify this content in areas of the product where Twitter makes recommendations. People on Twitter will see a prompt prior to liking or sharing labeled tweets, and in cases where there is potential for harm associated with the false or misleading claim, the Tweet may not be liked or shared to prevent the spread of the misleading information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>However, in Oct. 2020, Twitter restricted reporting by the <\/span><i><span>New York Post<\/span><\/i><span> that offered a connection between then candidate Joe Biden to his son Hunter\u2019s foreign business affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens when I try to post our story exposing Biden family graft. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7pwxUoNgTX\">pic.twitter.com\/7pwxUoNgTX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SohrabAhmari\/status\/1316445808003346435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Instead, Twitter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1316525303930458115?s=20&#038;t=30kKZ1qvvSDqUD6zBZ0Vmw\"><span>ruled<\/span><\/a><span> that the <\/span><i><span>New York Post\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span> article violated the company\u2019s policies against hacked materials. The company continued to prevent users from posting the article under a different rule against publishing private user information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/doj-charges-member-of-irans-revolutionary-guard-in-alleged-plot-to-murder-john-bolton\/\">DOJ Charges Member Of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard In Alleged Plot To Murder John Bolton<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. 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