Regardless of a current prominent spat with Donald Trump, Twitter’s most current relocation might really show to be a terrific aid to the president – a “read before you retweet” trigger.

Not one to avoid publishing questionable remarks – or retweeting those of others – Mr Trump might gain from the brand-new pop-up which has actually been created to “promote informed discussion”.

If users effort to retweet a post posted by another user without first having actually clicked on it,

It will appear.

It is being trialled at first for United States Android users just.

Twitter stated: “Sharing a post can trigger discussion, so you might desire to read it before you tweet it.

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The president has actually criticised Twitter

“To help promote informed discussion, we’re testing a new prompt on Android – when you retweet an article that you haven’t opened on Twitter, we may ask if you’d like to open it first.”

The relocation comes amidst continuing discussions about the spread of phony news on social media.

Twitter item lead Kayvon Beykpour stated: “It’s simple for links/articles to go viral on Twitter.

” This can be in some cases harmful however effective, specifically if people have not check out the material they’re spreading out.

“This feature – on Android for now – encourages people to read a linked article prior to retweeting it.”

Twitter has actually frequently gotten criticism for refraining from doing enough to combat the spread of false information on the website.

Last month, it flagged 2 tweets from Mr Trump when he made dubious claims that postal ballot would lead to extensive scams.

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Among Donald Trump’s posts that Twitter concealed

It likewise concealed tweets from Mr Trump and the official White House represent “glorifying violence”

In his post, the United States president quipped “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” – an expression he duplicated in a later tweet – amidst violent demonstrations in Minneapolis following the death of an unarmed black guy in authorities custody.

Twitter stated the message broke its “rules about glorifying violence” however the post would stay available and not be erased completely as it might be in the public’s interest.

Mr Trump’s tweet was then reposted word-for-word by the White House account, which Twitter likewise concealed.

Another post from the White House account stated “the president did not glorify violence. He clearly condemned it” and implicated Twitter of having “biased, bad-faith ‘fact-checkers'”.

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