Twitter is temporarily changing how you retweet ahead of the November 3rd US presidential election, to help prevent abuse and the spread of misinformation. Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll still be able to retweet. But until at least the end of election week, it won\u2019t be quite as easy as usual to retweet something to all of your followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you click or tap the retweet icon, Twitter will pull up the Quote Tweet composer to encourage you to write something about that tweet before you share it. You don\u2019t have to write anything if you don\u2019t want \u2014 just leave the composer blank and hit the retweet button to retweet like you normally would. But Twitter is hoping that by introducing some friction into the process, people might better consider exactly what they\u2019re retweeting or take the opportunity to add their own perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The changes to retweets aren\u2019t the only differences you might see to your Twitter experience today. Twitter also won\u2019t show \u201cliked by\u201d or \u201cfollowed by\u201d recommendations from people you don\u2019t follow, and the trends box will only show trends with included additional context. Like the changes to retweets, these tweaks will be in place from today until at least the end of election week in the US, according to Twitter. All of these changes were first announced on October 9th.
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