Twitter says they're willing to address misleading content on the platform
earlier this month that it would label misleading information about COVID-19. The company said at the time it would potentially expand this effort to other areas.
Twitter said this would make it easier for users to “find facts and make informed decisions” about what they see on the platform. The social media giant has faced mounting pressure to take responsibility for the president’s persistent use of the platform to spread misinformation and baseless conspiracy theories. Earlier on Tuesday, Twitter was criticized for Trump’s tweets suggesting MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, might have killed 28-year-old intern Lori Klausutis when she worked in his Florida office. She died in 2001 after hitting her head on a desk.
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