Pinterest says it will remove any user post or ad that misleads people about voting or participating in the US census in a new “civic participation” policy
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : Tweets: @digiphile , @colorofchange , and @josephmosby . Thanks: @jamiefavazza Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile : First, @pinterest set new industry standards by not only closing information voids but connecting people to trustworthy sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Now, they're matching the bar @Twitter & @Google set on #Census2020 & #Election2020: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Bravo & thx, @8en. https://twitter.com/... @colorofchange : With this new policy banning election and census misinformation, @Pinterest continues to show that it takes the concerns of Black communities seriously and is prioritizing our safety on and off line. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Joseph Mosby / @josephmosby : This is the way disinformation campaigns get stopped. Nipping them in the bud on the platforms used to spread them. https://twitter.com/... Thanks: @jamiefavazza