Twitter said Tuesday the redesigned labels showed a 17% increase in "click-through-rate," which means that more people clicked on the redesigned labels to read the information debunking false or misleading tweets. — AP
Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing.
The labels, which the company has been testing since July, are an update from those Twitter used for election misinformation before and after the 2020 presidential contest. Those labels drew criticism for not doing enough to keep people from spreading obvious falsehoods.
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