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10.06 - 15:01
With fact-checks, Twitter takes on a new kind of task
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Fact-checking groups said they welcomed Twitter's new approach, which adds a 'get the facts' tag linking to more information, but said they hoped the company would more clearly lay out its methodology and reasoning In addition to disputing misleading claims made by US President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since introducing the alerts earlier this month, mostly on posts about the coronavirus.
The company does not expect to need additional staff for the undertaking, Twitter spokeswoman Liz Kelley said on Saturday. Nor is it partnering with independent fact-checking organizations, as Facebook and Google have, to outsource the debunking of viral posts flagged
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