Twitter states it’s working on improving how it labels tweets with bothersome 5G or coronavirus content, after users reported their tweets were being mislabeled with a COVID-19 fact-check.
” In the last couple of weeks, you might have seen Tweets with labels linking to extra details about COVID-19,” Twitter Assistance tweeted “Not all of those Tweets had possibly misleading material associating COVID-19 and 5G.”
In the last few weeks, you may have seen Tweets with labels linking to additional details about COVID-19 Not all of those Tweets had possibly deceptive material associating COVID-19 and 5G. We excuse any confusion and we’re working to improve our labeling process. (1/4)
— Twitter Assistance (@TwitterSupport) June 26, 2020
Twitter began fact-checking tweets that connected 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic previously this month, by adding the label that reads “get the realities about COVID-19” which links to a Twitter moment with “No, 5G isn’t causing coronavirus” as its title. Part of a conspiracy theory that has been widely exposed suggested that the spread of the coronavirus was in some way linked to the setup of brand-new 5G mobile networks.
The fact-check label is part of the social media business’s broader effort to connect alerting labels to provide context for tweets with