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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: 4, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Wednesday May 27 2020, @11:30PM (2 children)
Less population, less dense population, lack of testing (not testing the dead) way underfunded health care. Many do have elevated death tolls this year. I would suspect undercounts due to lack of testing supplies, underfunding and possibly a political desire to undercount.
And yes, Trump is out of his fucking mind. No one sane lies that often, especially on things where the truth would of served him better.
But Dems are not saviors.
Perhaps marginally more sane...but savior is a word I hear much more from the right as a political weapon. You know, like how you just falsely used it or like socialism/communism (the right never learned their definitions and confuse them with regularity) religious rights (translation: Christian rights...why should they have more rights than I? Dammit, I want Atheist rights!) etc, etc....yeah weaponized words to cover ineffective, discriminatory policies or even trying to overturn that which they themselves created or approved (EPA) in earlier, saner times.
You really are a bot, in drastic need of logic circuits.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:26AM (1 child)
Less population is irrelevant when we are speaking about percentage. Less dense population is irrelevant when lockdown is in effect, unless the lockdown itself is irrelevant, in which case having enforced it is a disaster.
I am not saying dems are the saviours, the mainstream says that. So basically you agree with everything I said.
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(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday May 28 2020, @10:02AM
Agreeing with a portion is not the equivalent of agreeing in total. (As a left-leaning centrist, I don't agree in total with either side.)
And less population and density is by far not irrelevant. The horrid under funding of our medical system is a disaster. Cutting the office responsible for pandemic preparation in 2017 exacerbated the current problems.
Saying the D's are saviors is your biased interpretation of the mainstream.
And Trump is still the Lie-on king.
Good day to you, it's bar-b-que time! (what do bots bar-b-que? motor oil soaked circuit boards?)
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