Category: twitter verification

Twitter will verify more health experts to fight coronavirus misinformation

Post author By Randall
Post date March 20, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, gear, Internet, socialnetworking, Tech, Twitter, twitter verification, verification

[ad_1] The update comes as Twitter has taken more aggressive steps to beat back a wave of hoaxes and other disinformation that’s spread on social media in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The company previously announced it would ban tweets spreading fake cures or other inaccurate pseudo-scientific information. Now, that effort is also extending […]

Twitter verified a fake congressional candidate created by a teenager

Post author By Randall
Post date February 28, 2020
Categories In 2020 election, andrew walz, ballotpedia, election security, gear, Internet, Politics, Security, Tech, Twitter, twitter verification, verification

[ad_1] The student, who is a minor and therefore must remain anonymous, submitted Andrew Walz’s information to a website called Ballotpedia, a non-profit that keeps track of American political candidates. Twitter partnered with the site last year to identify the official Twitter accounts of candidates and their campaigns. Once Ballotpedia passed Andrew Walz’s information on […]