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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: 2, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 27 2020, @06:49PM (5 children)
No such evidence was ever presented at a public trial as required by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The ONLY facts we have, are that Americans were murdered by the Feds because they said stuff the Feds did not like. That's fascist. Pure simple authoritarian evil and there is no justification possible.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2020, @08:49PM (4 children)
Believe it or not my left-wing ass agrees with you. Many liberals weren't huge fans of Obama, but he was better than most that came before him.
I find it strange that you would then go on to stupport the GOP, it isn't like US fascism hasn't been around for a good long time. Maybe the droning of a US citizen was what woke you up, but all I see from you is mostly conservative tropes. I would think the GOP senate declining to hear evidence in the impeachment trial would rile you up at least a little bit as much.
Ah well, strange times we live in where humans don't know who to trust or what to believe.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 27 2020, @09:05PM
I believe the parties are in the process of reversing roles. It's happened in the past, for example with slavery/race issues. Going forward, I suspect the "right" (I don't even know what the correct word is anymore honestly) is going to be increasingly inclusive, it certainly is more willing to engage in discussion and entertain opposing viewpoints -- the left (if that's the right term) is all in on cancel culture and displaying every greater authoritarian tendencies. I see the DNC becoming the establishment party and the GOP is close to taking up the banner of counter-cultural rebels. Ten years will tell.
I'm neither Democrat nor Republican, but as I've said before, I used to be a Dem, I feel betrayed by them, and the deepest hatred is reserved for one's traitors, not one's enemies. And yeah, I'll admit it: if Trump wins, I will experience schadenfreude even greater than I did last time, even though I voted Green. I want nothing more than to see the entire Clintonian cancer on the DNC, utterly humiliated and excised so we can get to something decent.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2020, @09:58PM (2 children)
I had big hopes for him. And he didn't get anything done at all. Things continued like under Baby Bush. Americans were droned, spied upon; Guantanamo remains open; we fucked up Libya and the Ukraine.
Perhaps he got a visit early on that convinced him not to interfere with the deep state.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2020, @01:25AM (1 child)
There is no deep state, just oligarchies doing their thing like in every country ever. All the buzzwords like terrorist, deep state, conspiracy, military action, those are all to create an air of mystery. To make people thinking something new and different is going on instead of the long history of the wealthy oppressing the poor.
It is tragic how well the bullshit works.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:18AM
They employ gamekeepers whose job it is corral those even more unfortunate away from the important people.