Verification System Coming to Photos and Videos on Twitter

The world’s largest microblogging platform twittera few weeks ago to a strange event hosted. A fake image created with artificial intelligence was shared from an account that appeared to belong to Bloomberg and received a verification badge. In this post, the US Department of Defense (PentagonIt was claimed that there was an explosion nearby. This caused volatility of 500 billion dollars in the US stock markets. Even though Twitter closed the account after realizing the incident, it was too late.

Now, there has been a new development regarding this. Twitter, which allows shared images to be verified by users, a new security measure made available. In fact, in the past, there was a system that users could verify for texts in such fake posts. Here is the verification system scope has been expanded. However, Twitter said that this feature will be used for single photo posts for now. We will wait for a while for videos and multi-image posts. Work on this continues.

Users will verify whether photos and videos are real

This new feature, called “Notes on Media” with the work done, on a photo or video will enable verification. The user, who thinks that an image is fake, will also write a description about it and explain the situation. Thus, ordinary Twitter users, what you see is fake they will be able to understand.

It has to be said that the new feature on Twitter is important. Because the widespread use of artificial intelligence-oriented tools, fake images appear on the internet. to javelin it causes. There are those of you who remember; about Pope Francis a few months ago fake image, it fell like a bomb on the agenda. Pope Francis wore a very striking puffer coat in that image, and a necklace with a cross motif on it. Although many believed it, the truth was discovered later… The new feature on Twitter, fake images will prevent it to some extent..