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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

X/Twitter scraps feature letting users report misleading information

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X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability for people to flag tweets as containing misleading information only weeks out from the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability for people to report a tweet for containing misleading information just weeks before a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament in Australia.

Since 2021, users on X in countries including the US, Australia and South Korea had been able to flag tweets that they believed contained misleading information for review by staff at the company – separate to other processes the company has in place to report abuse or hate speech.

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