Twitter Increases Censorship Ahead of Midterms

Twitter on Wednesday announced the expansion of Birdwatch, a fact-checking program the social media platform began testing last year that has contributors flag “misleading” tweets with “notes that provide informative context.“In a product announcement two months prior to the November midterm elections, Twitter said it was updating its Birdwatch onboarding process,  expanding its contributor base and elevating the visibility of its information-policing notes.
Users who see a Birdwatch note on a tweet are 20–4 …