Twitter updates US Election Day tweet labelling policies as voting begins

As voting begins for the US presidential polls on Tuesday, Twitter has warned that it may label tweets, starting on election night, that make claims about election results before they are officially called.

“We’ll be prioritising the presidential election and other highly contested races where there may be significant issues with misleading information,” Twitter said on the eve of the election.

The move comes at a time when a USAToday survey showed that three out of four Americans were concerned about election day violence and only one in four were confident that the transfer of power would be peaceful if the Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump.