Twitter's New 'Recommended Video' Feature Gets First Big Test During National Shooting Coverage

Underscores growing importance of social video

Publishers have flooded Twitter with video clips this week as they cover police shootings of civilians in Louisiana and Minnesota, and a shooting in Dallas Thursday night that killed five police officers.

To help viewers stay informed, Twitter's recently launched Watch Mode seems to be getting its first test from major news outlets. The videos autoplay silently in Twitter news feeds. When users click on a clip, the sound comes on and a landing page appears with more videos at the bottom.

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