Twitter moves to ban fake news, videos under new policy

Twitter Inc. will start labeling, and in some cases removing, doctored or manipulated media that users share on the platform beginning next month.

The policy includes deepfake videos that have been edited using artificial intelligence or other advanced software to distort a person’s appearance or speech while appearing to be authentic, as well as other kinds of edited photos and videos that have been “substantially edited,” the company said Tuesday in a blog post.

In some cases, Twitter will label the video or photo so users know it has been doctored, but will let it remain on the social-media network.