Twitter to soon livestream news to curb misinformation
San Francisco: In a bid to stop the spread of fake news, Twitter will soon live stream news, in a window next to the users' timelines, whenever a major incident takes place.
In a first such test, Twitter live-streamed footage from Miami's WSVN 7 as the media outlet covered the shooting at a Florida school in which 17 people were killed on Wednesday.
More than 50,000 Twitter viewers watched the live broadcast.
According to a report in BuzzFeed News late on Thursday, the micro-blogging platform will rely on partnerships with regional news stations to select the footage to be live-streamed.
"We're continuing to work on new ways we can surface credible and relevant information to help people stay informed.
"By pairing live video with the conversation on Twitter, there is no faster way to see what's happening in the world," Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter video GM, told BuzzFeed News.
Clicking on the video will open up a stream of algorithmically chosen tweets about the event.
When users click on live videos on their timelines, they will be taken to a custom timeline that "places algorithmically selected tweets about the news event next to it".
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Hubballi: Nine Lord Ayyappa devotees suffer burn injuries in LPG cylinder blast
Hubballi (Karnataka), Dec 23: Nine devotees of Lord Ayyappa sustained serious burn injuries due to a LPG cylinder blast at a Shiva temple here, police said on Monday.
According to police, the incident occurred on Sunday night in Sainagar in the city. The devotees were sleeping in the temple room when the tragedy took place.
All nine injured were immediately admitted to KIMS Hospital. Their condition is said to be critical, police sources said.
Police suspect that the devotees did not turn off the cylinder knob properly after cooking food, resulting in the blast.
The devotees were planning a trip to Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala.
