Twitter Makes Election-Related Changes, Including Limiting Misleading Tweets

Twitter is making sizable changes to retweets and other features aimed at making it harder for politicians and other users to spread misinformation about the Nov. 3 election, the company announced — the latest attempt by Silicon Valley platforms to protect the vote. The changes are part of a push to protect the "critical dialogue" on Twitter "from attempts — both foreign and domestic — to undermine it," said Twitter's general counsel Vijaya Gadde and head of product Kayvon Beykpour in a blog post announcing the moves.