Twitter to add more labels identifying world leader and government accounts

Twitter Inc said on Thursday it will next week add labels to identify more state-affiliated accounts, including world leaders’ personal accounts, to give users more context for geopolitical conversations on the platform.

The move comes as Twitter’s approach to prominent figures and government is under scrutiny after the high-profile ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s account and as political firestorms have raged in Myanmar and India.

In August, Twitter said it would start labeling the accounts of state-affiliated media outlets such as Russia’s Sputnik and China’s Xinhua News and of some key government officials for the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.