Twitter is Temporarily Changing How You Retweet Ahead of US Presidential Elections

Apart from the new way to retweet, Twitter has also announced that it won’t show ‘liked by’ or ‘followed by’ recommendations from people you don’t follow. Further, the trends box will only show trends with proper context. These tweaks will be rolled out today and it is not known when exactly they will be taken down. Twitter had announced these changes earlier this month. The company had then said that the new way to retweet will put the brakes on how most people use the micro-blogging platform as the company will encourage them to add their own commentary before retweeting something. “Twitter has a critical role to play in protecting the integrity of the election conversation, and we encourage candidates, campaigns, news outlets and voters to use Twitter respectfully and to recognise our collective responsibility to the electorate to guarantee a safe, fair and legitimate democratic process this November,” Twitter’s legal, policy, and trust and safety lead Vijaya Gadde, along with product lead Kayvon Beykpour had said in a blog post.