Fact-checked labels are applied to tweets by Trump shown on a laptop in Arlington, Virginia, US. Trump threatened to regulate or shutter social media companies – a warning apparently aimed at Twitter Inc after it began fact-checking his tweets. — Bloomberg
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labelled two of his tweets misleading sets up a fresh challenge for platforms as they struggle to deal with political misinformation during a toxic election campaign.
Twitter on Tuesday targeted tweets in which the president said that mail-in voting would lead to fraud and a "rigged election" in November, the first time the platform has placed a warning label on Trump's comments.
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