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Twitter’s crackdown returns on ‘misleading narratives’ ahead of 2022 midterm elections

Updated: August 12, 2022 at 8:57 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Aug 12, 2022 – 6:19 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (LifeSiteNews) — Social media giant Twitter announced that it’s relaunching a series of “steps” in order to “protect” the 2022 midterm elections against “misleading narratives.”

“Starting today, we’ll begin enforcing the Civic Integrity Policy in context of the US 2022 midterms,” Twitter stated in a Thursday morning announcement.

“This means we’ll take action against misleading claims about the voting process, misleading content intended to intimidate or dissuade people from participating in the election, or misleading claims that may undermine public confidence in elections outcomes,” the company added.

This means we’ll take action against misleading claims about the voting process, misleading content intended to intimidate or dissuade people from participating in the election, or misleading claims that may undermine public confidence in elections outcomes.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) August 11, 2022

One of the steps Twitter is taking to allegedly “protect” the midterms is to bring back “prebunks” to “get ahead of misleading narratives on Twitter, and to proactively address topics that may be the subject of misinformation.”

The social media giant said its prebunking strategy will mean placing “prompts directly on people’s timelines in the U.S.

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