In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims
The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked
Washington Post Elizabeth Dwoskin
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@realdonaldtrump
Donald J. Trump
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....Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!
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@realdonaldtrump
Donald J. Trump
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.@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. 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....
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@realdonaldtrump
Donald J. Trump
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There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone.....
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@jack
@jack
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Per our Civic Integrity policy ( https://help.twitter.com/...), the tweets yesterday may mislead people into thinking they don't need to register to get a ballot (only registered voters receive ballots). We're updating the link on @realDonaldTrump's tweet to make this more clear.
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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The wording of Twitter's notice at the bottom doesn't make it sound like a warning about the tweet — it makes it sound like a warning about mail-in ballots. https://twitter.com/...
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@nytimestech
@nytimestech
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“If world leaders are not kept to the same standard as everyone else, they wield more power to harass, defame, and silence others.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@goldman
Jason Goldman
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Going on Fox to hit Twitter in defense of Trump is really a move. Good look for everyone involved. https://www.foxnews.com/...
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@politifact
@politifact
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.@realDonaldTrump's claim that “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” is wrong, legal experts said. “The First Amendment protects Twitter from Trump,” said @StJohnsLaw's @Klonick. “The First Amendment doesn't protect Trump from Twitter.” https://www.politifact.com/... https…
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@danpfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer
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I would love to know when that interview was scheduled. Going on Fox News to attack Twitter and make common cause with Trump right as Trump is ramping up his threats is a very specific political strategy https://twitter.com/...
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@parscale
Brad Parscale
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Partnering with biased fake news ‘fact checkers’ is a smoke screen to lend Twitter's obvious political tactics false credibility. There are many reasons we pulled all our advertising from Twitter months ago, and clear political bias is one of them. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ .…
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@dnvolz
Dustin Volz
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There was an error in Twitter's fact check of Trump's vote-by-mail tweets, underscoring the challenge social media platforms face trying to arbitrate truth. It was corrected after an elections professional notified the company (and me) about the mistake. https://www.wsj.com/... h…