Labelled tweets will be covered by a screen warning of abusive behaviour, and deprioritized from Twitter’s algorithms and searches. It’ll apply only to verified political candidates and government officials with over 100,000 followers; it’ll be implemented immediately, but it isn’t retroactive. (Washington Post)

Talking point: Twitter has previously argued that removing offensive content from politicians would rid the public of important information about them, as Twitter is often used to share news. This change is Twitter’s biggest attempt so far to hold political figures accountable for their comments on the platform, after mounting complaints that political figures aren’t penalized for tweeting offensive material the way regular users are. One significant figure who could be impacted by the change: U.S. President Donald Trump. In recent years, he’s referred to a former White House aide as “that dog,” threatened nuclear war on North Korea and called a political consultant a “low class slob.” Twitter’s move comes one day after Trump said in an interview with Fox News Business that the platform was “totally biased towards Democrats,” and that it should be sued.