Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

With five states heading into election, two of them as early as March 27, microblogging social media firm Twitter has upped its game. Past experience, both in India and outside, has proved the platform to be a fertile ground for spreading misinformation and disinformation, which, in an election scenario particularly, can cause harm in real life. Twitter, which has around 17.5 million users in India (according to government data), hopes its new policies, an expanded team and additional technologies will prevent – or at least limit – this.

"In line with our Civic Integrity Policy, we will take down content