Twitter will warn users before liking labelled tweet to curb fake news

In order to curb the spread of misinformation, Twitter will now warn its users if they try to like a tweet that has been labelled for including potential misleading information. The social media platform showed a similar warning when users tried to retweet tweets that contained unconfirmed news ahead of the 2020 US Election.

According to a report by The Verge, the feature has begun rolling out this week for iOS and web users globally. On the other hand, it will be available for Android users in the coming few weeks.

As per a report by Twitter, the warning prompts on labelled tweets led to a decrease in quote retweets by 29 per cent. This will prevent labelled tweets from going “viral” as people will refrain from sharing misleading tweets.