However the system that identifies which tweets get flagged is apparently a little over-eager. It appears tweets consisting of the words “oxygen” and “frequency” were being tagged with the fact-check label. The Week posits that “oxygen” and “frequency” may be keywords that set off the label, since part of the conspiracy theory recommends that the 5G “frequency” is damaging to the point that it “draws the oxygen out of the atmosphere.”
Twitter began fact-checking tweets that linked 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic previously this month, by adding the label that reads “get the truths about COVID-19” which links to a Twitter minute with “No, 5G isnt triggering coronavirus” as its title. Part of a conspiracy theory that has been extensively debunked suggested that the spread of the coronavirus was in some way connected to the setup of brand-new 5G mobile networks.
In the last couple of weeks, you may have seen Tweets with labels connecting to extra information about COVID-19. Not all of those Tweets had possibly deceptive content associating COVID-19 and 5G. We excuse any confusion and were working to enhance our labeling process. (1/4)– Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) June 26, 2020
” In the last couple of weeks, you may have seen Tweets with labels linking to additional details about COVID-19,” Twitter Support tweeted. “Not all of those Tweets had potentially misleading content associating COVID-19 and 5G.”
Twitter says its dealing with enhancing how it identifies tweets with bothersome 5G or coronavirus material, after users reported their tweets were being mislabeled with a COVID-19 fact-check.
The fact-check label is part of the social networks businesss broader effort to connect alerting labels to supply context for tweets with misleading COVID-19 information. In April, the business went so far regarding get rid of deceptive COVID-19-related tweets that it deemed inciting individuals to participate in “damaging activity.”
This tweet does not even discuss 5G or the coronavirusYashar Ali/Twitter
In the last few weeks, you might have seen Tweets with labels connecting to extra info about COVID-19. Not all of those Tweets had possibly deceptive material associating COVID-19 and 5G. It appears tweets including the words “oxygen” and “frequency” were being tagged with the fact-check label.
Twitter didnt immediately reply to an ask for extra info Saturday.
Twitter Support states its “constructing new automated abilities to use these labels to Tweets we think could be relevant,” including that its objective was to decrease the number of mislabeled tweets. When the fixes would be used, it wasnt clear.
