Twitter is to begin adding labels to the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media groups to provide more context on who the account represents. The new feature will initially focus on senior political officials who are the voice of their state abroad and accounts belonging to state-backed media, its editors and senior staff. When it comes to conversations with government and state-affiliated media accounts on Twitter, we’re helping to make the experience more transparent. “Unlike independent media, state-affiliated media frequently use their news coverage as a means to advance a political agenda. The social media site is to also stop amplifying labelled state-affiliated media accounts or their tweets through its various recommendation features.

Source: Irish Independent August 06, 2020 16:18 UTC