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Twitter’s upcoming manipulated media policy may include labels for ‘harmfully misleading’ tweets

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A leaked Twitter demo showed that the platform is considering labeling tweets from politicians and other public figures if the tweets have lies or misinformation in them, NBC News reports. “Harmfully misleading” tweets would have red or orange labels applied, and include corrected information from fact-checkers, journalists, and

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Sanders implies Russia, not his supporters, may be to blame for online vitriol. Experts aren’t so sure.

Sanders’ language was indirect, offered on the debate stage here as his opponents faulted him for the behavior of his most strident fans. It quickly drew criticism from experts in disinformation, who said they had no evidence that the Kremlin had masqueraded as Sanders voters. Sanders implies Russia, not his supporters, may be to blame

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