Twitter announced in a blog post that it was implementing its civic integrity policy concerning the midterm elections, which will ban users from “manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes.” The policy will punish and diminish the reach of content that Twitter believes could have a detrimental effect on the election. This includes posting misleading information about how to participate, discouraging voters by making false claims about the state of voting sites or law enforcement, making false claims about the outcomes of the election, and creating accounts that falsely claim to be affiliated with a particular political organization.
Our Approach To The 2022 US Midterms
Here’s what you can expect to see on Twitter as election day approaches in the US:
Prebunks
In the lead up to election day, we’ll share prompts with information about how and where to vote, directly to people’s timelines.
We’re also bringing back prebunks — in English, Spanish, and all other languages supported on Twitter — to get ahead of misleading narratives on Twitter, and to proactively address topics that may be the subject of misinformation. Over the coming months, we’ll place prompts directly on people’s timelines in the US and in Search when people type related terms, phrases, or hashtags.
