Twitter Starts Flagging Misleading COVID-19 Tweets with Labels and Warnings

Twitter will start sending warnings and labels to tweets spreading misleading as announced on Monday to prevent COVID-19 misinformation.

"Our teams are using and improving on internal systems to proactively monitor content related to COVID-19," the company explained in an announcement. "Given the dynamic situation, we will prioritize review and labeling of content that could lead to increased exposure or transmission," said Twitter adding the system may change over time.