Twitter to work with AP and Reuters to provide more context around disputed topics

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https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22607317/twitter-associated-press-reuters-misinformation-combat-context-topics-trending

Twitter is working with news agencies the Associated Press and Reuters to more proactively combat misinformation on its platform, the company has announced. The platform’s internal teams already work to explain and add context to Twitter content, but it says the two news agencies will help provide more authoritative information, especially when facts are in dispute.

In particular, Twitter says it wants to be more proactive about providing accurate information on topics as they develop, before misinformation emerges. “Rather than waiting until something goes viral, Twitter will contextualize developing discourse at pace with or in anticipation of the public conversation,” the platform says. Reuters and the Associated Press will also provide feedback on fact-checking provided via Twitter’s crowd-sourced Birdwatch program, which is currently in a pilot phase.

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Twitter to work with AP and Reuters to provide more context around disputed topics

An expansion of existing efforts.

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