Twitter Will Warn You , When You Like Misleading Tweets.
The new feature expands
upon another one that was recently
implemented by the social media
platform ahead of the 2020 election.
in which retweets of material flagged as
misleading also received a warning.
When users "like" a tweet by pressing the
heart icon, a prompt pops up
encouraging them to "Find out more.".
According to Twitter, more than
300,000 tweets were labeled as
misleading from Oct. 27 though Nov. 11.
456 tweets were blocked from being retweeted,
having been hidden behind a warning.
The new feature of alerting users
who have "liked" tweets deemed misleading
will hit web and iOS users this week.
On Android devices, users will begin to notice the feature sometime in the next few weeks