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Sogo

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Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:50 PM Feb 2020

Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media


(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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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-security/twitter-to-label-deepfakes-and-other-deceptive-media-idUSKBN1ZY2OV

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Reporting by Katie Paul in San Francisco; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi and Leslie Adler

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Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media (Original Post) Sogo Feb 2020 OP
Hopefully this will apply to DT's tweets pandr32 Feb 2020 #1
Not going to happen. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #2
Hey Twitter, I'm not from Missouri but SHOW ME anyway! abqtommy Feb 2020 #3
I doubt they will ever remove any of trumps tweets. riversedge Feb 2020 #4
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