SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has made an election-related tool live in the US that will help users report tweets about voter suppression and misinformation.

In the “report this tweet” drop-down menu, Twitter users in the US will be able to choose “it”s misleading about a political election” or “it intends to suppress or intimidate someone from voting” as options.

If Twitter finds the tweet violates its election integrity policy, the user could be asked to remove the tweet, and repeat offenders would be banned, Politico reported on Thursday.

“As caucuses and primaries for the presidential election get underway, we”re building on our efforts to protect the public conversation,” Carlos Monje Jr, Twitter’s director of public policy and philanthropy, said in a statement.

(With input from agencies)