Freeland post puts attention on how Twitter decides to label tweets ‘manipulated’
TORONTO — A weekend post from Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland that was marked by Twitter as “manipulated media” is putting the spotlight on the social media giant’s policies regarding labelled tweets.
Freeland, Canada’s finance minister who is running in the Sept. 20 federal election, tweeted Sunday morning a clip of Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole being asked if he would allow provinces to experiment with private, for-profit and non-profit options within universal health care coverage.
The clip depicts O’Toole saying that he wants to find public-private synergies, and that capital will drive efficiencies. However, portions of his answer — including where he says universal access to health care remains paramount — are omitted.
Twitter has since labelled the tweet as “manipulated media,” but how does the company decide which tweets are deserving of the marking?