Your timeline is going on a cleanse.
The new policy was announced by the social media giant. The crisis misinformation policy, which is officially dubbed, narrowly focuses on false and false allegations made during broadly defined times of crisis, and includes specific changes which will undoubtedly catch the average user's eye.
We won't recommend or amplify content that is covered by this policy if we have evidence that a claim is false.
As of this writing, this change follows comments made by Musk, who engaged in a tumultuous purchase of the company, accusing the company of manipulating users.
The billionaire wrote on May 14 that he was being manipulated by the algorithm.
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The announcement acknowledged the potential harms of the power to amplify content to 229 million daily active users. During times of crisis, which the company defined as situations in which there is a widespread threat to life, physical safety, health, or basic subsistence, that potential harm is particularly noteworthy.
It is possible that the flagged content will be hidden behind an interstitial warning.
The notice states that the Tweet violated the rules on sharing false or misleading info.
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It is unlikely that the average user will run afoul of the crisis misinformation policy. Unless, that is, the user in question is prone to posting false or misleading allegations of war crimes or mass atrocities against specific populations.
Before Musk could cry censorship, he was told that this policy doesn't cover strong commentary, efforts to debunk or fact check, and personal anecdotes or first person accounts.
The billionaire is free to continue to do exactly that.
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