Twitter says retweets change helped slow the spread of election misinformation

So, how did they do?

Two senior Twitter execs have shared an overview of the election safety and anti-misinformation measures put in place over the last few months. 

Product lead Kayvon Beykpour and legal, policy, and trust and safety lead Vijaya Gadde published a blog post on Thursday with some new details about Twitter's efforts to put a brake on the spread of false or misleading info. 

Some interesting stats were included, especially around the slightly controversial labels flagging certain tweets (by, ahem, certain people who ended up losing elections) as containing false or disputed claims: Read more...