companyTwitter Inc. announced that The company has returned the retweet button to its original function. After previously modifications to the function of the button with the aim of reducing the releaseinformationThat is not valid during thereUS presidential election
Twitter said in a statement on Wednesday that the company will not display a quote tweet function, which must include the opinions of Twitter users. By pressing the retweet button any longer, stating that “the retweet function will return to the same as it was before”.
However, in the past October Twitter has temporarily changed the functionality of the retweet system. To prevent the dissemination of information that is not true And requires users to quot tweet (quote tweet), which requires the comments of Twitter users as well. In addition, Twitter has set other controls. Including placing warning signs And deletion of tweets urging people to interfere with the electoral process. Or tweeting that hopes for results in the election
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