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Twitter adds label to Trump's misleading tweets about mail-in ballots:
Twitter said Tuesday that it added a label to President Donald Trump's tweets for containing "potentially misleading information about voting processes," a rare move that shows the social media company is taking a tougher stance against misinformation.
It's the first time that Twitter has displayed a label on Trump's tweets.
On Tuesday, Trump tweeted that "There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-in-Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent," a claim that has been debunked by fact-checkers and news organizations. He continues his remarks in another tweet, stating that it will be a "Rigged election."
A label appears under both tweets that states "Get the facts about mail-in ballots." Clicking on the warning notice directs users to a page that states that fact-checkers say there isn't any evidence that mail-in ballots are linked to voter fraud. Trump also falsely states in the tweets that California will send mail-in ballots to "anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there" when only registered voters will receive ballots. States such as Oregon, Utah and Washington have long conducted elections by mail only, while states such as Nebraska allow any voter to request a ballot and vote by mail without having to provide a reason.
A Twitter spokeswoman said in a statement that the decision is in line with how the company approaches misinformation on its site, which includes adding warning notices and labels depending on the likelihood and severity of harm a tweet could cause.
Twitter's actions against Trump's tweets will also likely increase tensions between the company and conservative users, who allege that the social network suppresses their speech. Twitter has repeatedly denied those allegations. Earlier this month, Trump tweeted that the "Radical Left" is in control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google and said his administration is working on a solution.
In two tweets, Trump accused Twitter of interfering in the 2020 US presidential election.
"Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!," he tweeted.
Also at BBC News, Ars Technica, MIT Technology Review
(Score: 1, Informative) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 27 2020, @03:51PM (3 children)
LOL -- you just described Twitter and the way it is moving toward only allowing approved speech.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday May 27 2020, @04:01PM (2 children)
So what? Twitter is not Trump and Trump is not Twitter.
Twitter is a private enterprise, you don't like it, you don't use it - if enough are doing it, Twitter will fail. From my side, I can't care other what Twitter does.
Trump on the other side, is not a private person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 27 2020, @06:58PM (1 child)
Why should Twitter be treated as a service provider and get the immunity of the CDA, when it is acting as a publisher? If it wants to be a publisher, that's cool, it should not get the same immunity however that mere service providers do.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 27 2020, @07:34PM
IANAL.
And neither are you. Whatever we state are opinions, not necessarily related with the reality, so it may very well happen that your premise of "is acting as a publisher" is wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford