Twitter Begins Preparations for the 2020 Presidential Elections in the U.S.

The social network is bringing back election labels and verifying candidate accounts

Twitter is gearing up for the 2020 U.S. presidential elections by bringing back the election labels it debuted in the run-up to the country’s 2018 midterm elections, as well as verifying the campaign accounts of candidates who have qualified for elections.

Public policy director Bridget Coyne said in a blog post Thursday that in the week before Election Day in 2018, people on Twitter saw labeled accounts roughly 100 million times per day, and 13% of election conversation on the platform included tweets with election labels.

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