Additional details regarding the Twitter accounts of certain political candidates are included in election labels.
What are Election Labels on Twitter?
While looking for news and information, people use twitter to keep up with what’s going on in the world at the moment. This is particularly true when elections are taking place since voters look to twitter first for trustworthy information, sources and breaking news from journalists, political candidates and elected officials.
Twitter understands the significance of this duty, and its teams are working on creative ways for users to locate authentic sources and legitimate content on the platform.
Additional details regarding particular political candidate’s Twitter accounts are included in election labels. The title is displayed on the candidate’s Twitter account’s profile page, Tweets that are posted and Retweeted by the account and other places. The post that the candidate is running for, the state where the office is situated and (if applicable) the district number are all listed on the labels. Additionally, these labels include a tiny representation of a ballot box to denote the account’s status as a contender for public office.
Which Candidates are Presently Campaigning?
Currently, labels display on the Twitter accounts of candidates running for office in the United States for the 2023 election cycle who:
❖Are a major party nominee for Governor, the United States Senate, or the United States House of Representatives.
❖Possess the right to cast a ballot in the general election.
❖Possess a Twitter account that Twitter has recognized and validated as the candidate’s campaign account.
Which Candidates will be Eligible for Election Labelling?
During the 2018 US midterm general election, labels appear on the campaign Twitter accounts of politicians running for state Governor, the Senate, or the House of Representatives.
Twitter is collaborating with Ballotpedia, a non-profit civic group that distributes unbiased information on federal, state and municipal politics to assist in identifying candidate’s campaign Twitter accounts after they qualify for the general election ballot for a relevant position.
What will be the following steps?
❖During the 2018 US midterm general election, Twitter is initially providing this technology to certain offices.
❖They believe that supplying the public with accurate, reliable information is essential to the democratic process and they are dedicated to advancing this goal through the tools Twitter is building.
Update in Algorithm by Twitter
To receive an election label when they were first introduced, qualified candidates had to choose to participate in the program. The process has since changed such that qualifying people are now informed when they are eligible for a label and have seven days to withdraw their consent before it is applied.
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