Twitter is taking action against social media campaigns on its platform intended to distract and mislead citizens on when, where, and how to vote in upcoming elections, the company announced Wednesday.
Twitter Safety tweeted:
"Public conversation on Twitter is never more important than during elections. Today, we're launching a new reporting feature to tackle deliberate attempts to mislead about voting. We'll start with #LokSabhaElections2019 & #EUelections2019"
The elections mentioned will be taking place in India and the European Union this month and the tool allows users to report content and select "it's misleading about voting."
"Voting is a fundamental human right and the public conversation occurring on Twitter is never more important than during elections," Twitter wrote on its safety blog. "Any attempts to undermine the process of registering to vote or engaging in the electoral process is contrary to our company's core values.
"Today, we are further expanding our enforcement capabilities in this area by creating a dedicated reporting feature within the product to allow users to more easily report this content to us. This is in addition to our existing proactive approach to tackling malicious automation and other forms of platform manipulation on the service. We will start with 2019 Lok Sabha in India and the EU elections and then roll out to other elections globally throughout the rest of the year."
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