2020: Twitter Will Suppress the Reach of ‘Rule-Breaking’ Posts by Trump, Other Politicians
Social media platform Twitter has begun adding labels to tweets from certain verified accounts that break the site’s rules rather than deleting or removing them, which will affect tweets by President Donald Trump that Twitter decides are inappropriate for its platform. The site will also “deprioritize” labeled tweets, so fewer people will see them.
The Washington Post reports that social media platform Twitter has implemented a feature which it has previously considered — the labeling of rule-breaking tweets. The company will now label tweets from verified poltical candidates and government officials with more than 100,000 followers, including President Trump, if the tweet breaks the site’s rules. This is in an attempt to draw attention to the site’s disapproval of the tweet without outright removing them.