Twitter will now highlight tweets that could potentially mislead users

Social media platform, Twitter, today announced that it will be putting labels and warning messages on information that is potentially harmful, misleading or fake news. The move is similar to Twitter’s earlier display with “Moving forward, we may use these labels and warning messages to provide additional explanations or clarifications in situations where the risks of harm associated with a Tweet are less severe but where people may still be confused or misled by the content,” the company said in a blog post.

The labels will link to a page Twitter curates or “external trusted sources” to provide additional information about the claims made in the tweet. “These warnings will inform people that the information in the tweet conflicts with public health experts’ guidance before they view it,” the post said.

Currently, the company will be taking action on three categories — misleading information, disputed claims and unverified claims.