Trump Tweets Flagged by Twitter for Misinformation
In the two days after Election Day, Twitter has added warning labels to nine of President Donald Trump’s election-related tweets, cautioning the messages “might be misleading.” They are misleading, and in some cases, false.
They continue a monthslong effort by the president to sow doubt about the U.S. election process and mail-in voting in particular. We’ve chronicled how Trump has made a string of false, misleading and unsupported statements about the potential for voter fraud.
Now, with the outcome of the election still hanging in the balance as several states continue to tally votes, Trump is using Twitter to spread misinformation.
The social media platform has labeled eight tweets with the warning: “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process,” with links to its “civic integrity policy.” A ninth tweet was flagged with different language.
Twitter’s “civic integrity policy” says users of the social media platform can’t “use Twitter’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes.”
The policy warns that Twitter “may label and reduce the visibility of Tweets containing false or misleading information about civic processes.”
Violations of the policy include posting misleading information about election outcomes, such as claims about rigged elections and ballot tampering, as well as claiming victory before election results have been certified and inciting unlawful conduct to prevent
