Twitter brings back election labels for 2020 US candidates
BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is bringing back special labels to help users identify accounts and tweets from U.S. political candidates.
The company, which first used such labels for the midterm elections last year, said it is trying to provide users with original sources of information and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling voters.
Many political candidates already have blue check marks to indicate that Twitter has confirmed that they are who they say they are.
The election labels go further and provide details such as what office a person is running for and where. They will also carry a small ballot box icon. The labels will appear on candidates' accounts and tweets, even if they are retweeted by someone else.
Twitter hopes its eff