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| Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by Nobody: 2:10am On May 27, 2020 |
Twitter on Tuesday slapped a fact-check label on President Trump’s tweets for the first time, a response to long-standing criticism that the company is too hands-off when it comes to policing misinformation and falsehoods from world leaders. The move, which escalates tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley in an election year, was made in response to two Trump tweets over the past 24 hours. The tweets falsely claimed that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. Twitter’s label says, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,” and redirects users to news articles about Trump’s unsubstantiated claim. The tweets, said Twitter spokeswoman Katie Rosborough, “contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots.” The label directs users to articles by CNN, The Washington Post and the Hill, along with selections from the articles and a page summarizing the findings of fact-checkers. Twitter’s action quickly drew backlash from Trump and his supporters. Twitter “is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election,” the president tweeted. “They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post.” For its 14-year existence, Twitter has allowed misinformation by world leaders and everyday citizens to spread virtually unchecked. Its leaders have long said users would engage in debate on the platform and correct false information on their own. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/26/trump-twitter-label-fact-check/ 1 Like
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| Re: Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by Flyingngel(m): 2:15am On May 27, 2020 |
people wey get wahala with Trump plenty oo. |
| Re: Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by Nobody: 2:33am On May 27, 2020 |
Loser! Attacking everything around him. Whats left on his side, only his family members. He knows he is gone already! "Some people say it’s bigger than healthcare when you look at it. It’s going to be bigger than healthcare. Price transparency... It will be here by the first of the year so I hope you’re going to remember me just in case the unthinkable happens." -Donald Trump May 26, 2020 2 Likes |
| Re: Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by dimexy247(m): 3:26am On May 27, 2020 |
Observing |
| Re: Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by alezzy13: 3:50am On May 27, 2020 |
Thankfully some sense. His continued abuse of the platform, the latest being the callous taunting of a grieving widower, this is a measure too late. I don't know why Twitter didn't ban him outright though. 2 Likes |
| Re: Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time by espn(m): 3:54am On May 27, 2020 |
The guy tweets every 10secs... |
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