Twitter, a microblogging site, will start labeling, and in some cases removing, doctored or manipulated media that users share on its platform starting next month.
Twitter will label the video or photo so users know it has been doctored. However, in other cases, when the content might “impact public safety or cause serious harm,” Twitter said the video or photo would likely be removed.
Twitter’s definition of “harm” goes beyond physical harm, like threats to a person’s or group’s physical safety or the risk of mass violence or civil unrest. Also included in the definition of “harm” are any threats to the privacy or the ability of a person or group to freely express themselves or participate in civic events.
Twitter is using three tests to decide how Twitter will take action on manipulated media. It first confirms whether the media is synthetic or manipulated. It then assesses if the media is being shared in a deceptive manner. And finally, it evaluates the potential for harm.
Twitter made the announcement on Tuesday in a blog post. The initial draft was announced in November. It said it collected user feedback ahead of finalising the new policy using the hashtag #TwitterPolicyFeedback.
The policy includes deepfake videos that have been edited using artificial intelligence or other advanced software to distort a person’s appearance or speech while appearing to be authentic, as well as other kinds of edited photos and videos that have been “substantially edited,” the company said.
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