Twitter expands feature allowing users to flag misleading tweets

Twitter Inc. said on Monday it would expand its testing feature that allows users in Brazil, Spain and the Philippines to flag deceptive content on its social media platforms.

The company began pilot testing the feature in August last year as part of its effort to reduce misinformation on its platform.

It was first tested in the US, Australia and South Korea.

Since it was first announced, Twitter said it has received nearly 3 million reports from users who have used it to flag tweets that they believe violate its policies. is infringement.

The social media giant launched another program last year called Birdwatch, which lets participants write notes and provide additional context for misleading tweets, though those notes are kept on a separate website.

This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.

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