Hard Work Twitter Ahead Of Elections In The US

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JAKARTA - Ahead of the general election (election) in the United States (US) in November, social media will work hard. One of them is Twitter, which has set new rules to combat misinformation on its platform.

"Incorrect or misleading information that causes confusion about the laws and regulations of the civil process, or the officials and institutions that carry out the civil process," said Twitter as quoted by The Verge, Friday, September 11.

The rules, which took effect on September 17, will involve the labeling or deletion of tweets related to election fraud or official election results. In doing so, Twitter wants to protect against voter bullying and misleading content on its platform.

After the new policy is implemented, Twitter will add labels or remove misleading information, which the tweet intends to undermine public confidence in the election.

"Disputed claims can undermine confidence in the process itself, for example unverified information about election fraud, ballot tampering, vote counting, or certification of election results," Twitter said.

Twitter also added that misleading claims include those about results that could cause disruption to the execution of the results of the process, for example claiming victory before election results are passed and inciting unlawful action.

In addition, the ongoing corona virus pandemic has also delayed the counting of ballot papers in the election. This also concerns the occurrence of fraud.

Donald Trump himself has repeatedly voiced his concern about the ballot in letters sent by post. He stated that this process was vulnerable to fraud. However, Trump has not provided any evidence to back up his claim.

On the other hand, Facebook has also started to embed labels on posts claiming victory unofficially. Mark Zuckerberg's social network also said it would not accept new political ads a week before the election, while Twitter has banned all political advertising since last year.