Twitter has just confirmed that this month, its Twitter Blue users from New Zealand may soon be allowed to edit their tweets with only a limited attempt.
Twitter's Edit Button Will be Available in New Zealand This September
Twitter users have been wishing for an edit option almost ever since the platform was first released, but they can now take a sigh of relief since the company announced a week ago that it would be implementing an edit button.
According to Engadget's report, the editing capacity available only to Twitter Blue users who pay for a particular subscription amount in New Zealand will be accessible this month, as the social media network company verified.
Several reports have said that altering a post thirty minutes after it has been published will be made accessible on Twitter. On September 7, Tech Crunch reported that according to Twitter, only a maximum of five modifications would be allowed for a user.
Aside from New Zealand, Twitter also intends to allow its users in Australia, Canada, and the US to access the edit button feature soon. This will be possible after the company finally learns better about the specifics of how the feature works. With this being said, it is clear that the paid service will only be available to four countries in the meantime.
Talking about the five chances limitation, Tech Crunch believes that Twitter could have set it to prevent users from arbitrarily editing their tweets. This is because if a user only aims to correct errors, upload content, or update a few tags, the offered amount of editing opportunity to modify is just enough.
However, on the contrary, several industry professionals made speculations regarding the feature in response to the company's announcement of the edit button. According to them, it could give people the opportunity to spread malicious political propaganda or fraudulent bitcoin transactions.
Although there is indeed a tendency that the said adversity could perpetuate sooner, Twitter assures that it keeps track of user behavior and that individual users' ability to make changes varies.
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Twitter Seeks to Enhance Its Birdwatch's Scope
Alongside reports regarding the availability of Twitter's edit button, The Verge reported that on September 7, Wednesday, Twitter announced that it would make Birdwatch's capability to fact-check accessible to several of its users in the US.
Birdwatch is the platform's initiative that was launched last year, which promotes the combat against misleading online content. Through it, some Twitter users may correct fallacious posts by providing essential credible references to counter a wrong claim.
Twitter, like other social media services, has long suffered from criticisms regarding its content moderation since a lot say that its regulations in preventing destructive content are lenient. However, others believe that stringent policies could deprive people of their freedom of speech which Elon Musk supports (via US Inquirer).
Although Twitter has regulations against offensive speech and violent calls for action, its Vice President of Product, Keith Coleman, said there is a borderline in how Birdwatch enables the Twitter community to handle posts.
According to Coleman, "We don't think there's any one size fits all solution to misinformation." He said that Birdwatch is just a helping tool to the other policies Twitter imposes.
Currently, it has 15,000 volunteers, with a weekly addition of 1,000 more people who provide Birdwatch notes that makes 15 to 35% of Twitter users to less likely engage with posts that have been found containing false information.
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