Twitter has announced that it will add more labels to identify more world leaders and state-affiliated accounts. The microblogging site said that it will allow the platform to give users more context for geopolitical conversations. The development comes at a time when Twitter is under scrutiny for its approach towards prominent figures and government after it \u2018permanently suspended\u2019 account of former US President Donald Trump and as political firestorms have raged in India and Myanmar.<\/p>\n
Twitter had announced in August that it would start labelling accounts of key government officials and state-affiliated media outlets such as China\u2019s Xinhua News and Russia\u2019s Sputnik. Among the key government officials will be the five permanent members of the UNSC \u2013 France, China, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Twitter, in a blog post, said that it was expanding labels to those who were \u2018the voice of the nation-state abroad.\u2019 The government officials and institutions being labelled include those from G7 countries and other countries where the social media has identified what the company deems state-linked information operations.<\/p>\n
Demonstrations of the labels shared by the company said, \u201cUS Government official\u201d or \u201cUS Government organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on how it would determine government labels in countries like Myanmar where the military recently carried out a coup and seized power, Twitter\u2019s global public policy director Nick Pickles said they would not label countries where the government was in dispute.<\/p>\n
International discussion about the legitimacy of the government will be taken into account while considering if it is appropriate to apply the label in those countries, Pickles told Reuters. Pickles added that the labels would be added only to verified accounts.<\/p>\n
Canada, Egypt, Cuba, Germany, Ecuador, Iran, Honduras, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Spain, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates are among the new countries where senior officials and institutions will be labeled.<\/p>\n
Twitter will also label the UN Security Council permanent members and the personal accounts of heads of state from these countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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