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Fighting Ukraine Misinformation on Twitter

The company said it would rely on multiple sources to determine when claims are misleading. Strong commentary and first person accounts are among the types of tweets that would not be challenged by the policy, it said. Twitter has said it plans to put misleading tweets from official accounts about the Ukraine war behind warning notices. Under the company’s new “crisis” policies, Twitter will prioritise labelling false posts from accounts with wide reach, like state media or official government accounts, while preserving them for “accountability” reasons. Has social media platforms failed to fight misinformation ?

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