Twitter Details Enforcement Plan for Misleading U.S. Election Tweets

Twitter outlines how it prioritizes and labels premature claims of U.S. election victory, focusing on high-engagement posts and official result calls.

02 Nov 2020 • 1 min read

Twitter provides new details about how it enforces rules against premature claims of U.S. election victory, prioritizing the presidential race and other highly contested elections. The company labels or removes tweets that incite unlawful conduct or disrupt a peaceful transfer of power, focusing on posts that spread misleading information before officials announce results.

The platform targets specific accounts for these labels, including U.S. 2020 candidate campaigns, U.S.-based accounts with over 100,000 followers, and any tweet that achieves 25,000 likes or a combined 25,000 quote tweets and retweets. This strategy prevents misleading information from going viral, even if it originates from a smaller account.

Twitter considers an election result official only when a state election official announces it, or if at least two major national news outlets make the call. When users try to retweet a post marked as misleading, a prompt appears to point them toward credible information before they amplify the content further.

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