Twitter fact-checks Trump's tweets for first time

[spanone]

Twitter fact-checked two of President Trump's unsubstantiated tweets that mail-in ballots in the 2020 election would be fraudulent for the first time on Tuesday, directing users to "get the facts" through news stories that cover the topic.

Why it matters: Twitter and other social media platforms have faced criticism for not doing enough to combat misinformation, especially when its propagated by the president.

Twitter's new approach of labeling misleading tweets was detailed in a blog post about misinformation and the coronavirus earlier this month.

Twitter spokesperson Lindsay McCallum said Trump's tweets “contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots.”

https://www.axios.com/trump-twitter-fact-check-mail-voting-f37a0845-57f6-4990-bee6-da7c00b0f0c6.html?stream=politics&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts_politics

[mr_lebowski]

1. Well, if they're gonna start doing THAT, they're gonna need to add a new department

Probably need a staff of about 12 people working full-time to handle the deluge of pure bullshit spewing from fingertips of The Tangeranus.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Twitter readers are being encouraged to report his tweets

Esp. "Targeted Harrassment" violations when he accuses someone of murder.

People are now letting Twitter know this is not ok any longer.

Trump is done, he knows it, so do we. His tweets are getting ratioed on
a regular basis.
Tis lovely to see.

[Ms. Toad]

7. I reported both of the ones they fact-checked.

I also reported the accusations of murder as targeted harassment.

Glad they are finally taking action!

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. A lot of people are doing that now, thankfully.

Fortunately targeted harassment is something he does frequently, so we have lots of opportunity tell twitter we oppose it.

[Cha]

2. Are pigs flyilng?!

Mahalo, spanone~

[spanone]

3. 👍🏼

👍🏼

[C_U_L8R]

4. Fact checked just one tweet... one

And seemingly buried the #TakeTrumpOffTwitter that was getting tens of thousands of tweets.

Might be effective PR but it's sucky policy, Twitter.

[MontanaMama]

5. I'll take it seriously when they

fact check everything that spews from his gaping orange maw. Until then...

[UTUSN]

8. HooRAY but Twitter will turn into a solely SHITLER-checking enterprise!1