Twitter calls Trump tweets ‘unsubstantiated’ for the first time


An editor in Los Angeles looking at the official Twitter account of US President Donald Trump on May 26, 2020, with two tweets by the president under which Twitter posted a link reading ‘Get the facts about mail-in ballots’. Twitter labelled two of Donald Trump's tweets misleading on May 26, a first for the social media network which has long resisted calls to censure the US President over his frequent abuse, insults and false claims. Trump’s tweets contended without evidence that mail-in voting would lead to fraud and a ‘Rigged Election’. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter labelled two Donald Trump tweets “unsubstantiated” and accused him of making false claims on May 26, a first for the social network which has long resisted calls to censure the US president over truth-defying posts.

The move drew a furious response from Trump, who used the platform to accuse Twitter of “interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election”.

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