Twitter has updated its security policy to reduce repeated tweets, commonly known as "plagiarism" The social media platform shared details on limiting the visibility of plagiarized posts on Tuesday local time. Twitter said the move is to help users find credible and authentic information and promote healthy public discussion.
According to a statement released by twitter help desk on May 10, this fake tweet may look like a combination of text blocks, pictures or content.
The company pointed out that these repeated tweets could be spam and destroy people's experience on twitter. In addition, it added, they can be used to artificially amplify content, suppress information, or manipulate trend topics and top-level search results.
Twitter began to crack down on spam tweets in August 2020. This week, twitter announced that if a tweet is determined to be repeated, it may be downgraded, ineligible to be amplified in popular search results and trends, and will not be recommended on other users' timelines.
Repeated tweets are still visible to those who follow the original user.
The notice said that examples of plagiarism include the same or nearly the same content published by a single or multiple accounts on twitter, or the copied and pasted tweets that use the same label or mark many users consistent with other accounts.
Twitter said it would not be considered plagiarism if it combined existing tweets or copy and paste content with unique comments.
The company said that individual repeated tweets would not lead to being blocked or expelled from twitter. But using robots to publish duplicate content, operate accounts that only copy, and duplicate tweets - especially content that violates other twitter policies, may be kicked out.
Users can report potential violations to twitter officials by clicking the "report tweet" button, mark the post as "suspicious or spam", and provide additional details on how the tweet spreads spam.
Those who think they have been wrongly punished can report the situation to twitter.