Twitter says it will label or remove misleading election posts

The policy goes into effect on September 17, a few weeks before the November 3 US presidential election. Picture: Getty

Twitter has said that starting next week it will label or remove misleading claims that try to undermine public confidence in elections.

The policy will apply to tweets that attempt to undermine people’s faith in the electoral process itself, such as false claims about election rigging or ballot tampering, or about the outcome of the vote, Twitter said.