'Fact-check' Label Attached to Trump's Tweet

Twitter applies COVID-19 fact-check policy for first time on Trump tweet
Trump fiercely criticizes Twitter... controversy over election interference

[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Baek Jong-min] A 'fact-check warning label' has been attached to tweets by Donald Trump, the 'Twitter fanatic' and President of the United States. President Trump expressed anger at Twitter's actions and posted a series of critical messages. This is the first time Twitter has issued a warning on President Trump's tweets. Following the judgment that President Trump was spreading false information, the controversy is expected to expand into allegations of election interference.

A tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump labeled with a fact-check warning

On the 26th (local time), Twitter attached a warning message saying 'Get the facts about mail-in voting' to two tweets by President Trump claiming that mail-in voting could lead to election fraud. Unlike President Trump's tweets, this warning is highlighted in blue, and clicking on it leads to a 'fact guide' screen compiling related reports from CNN and other media, as well as tweets from journalists, under the title 'Trump made baseless claims that mail-in voting leads to voter fraud.'

Through this screen, Twitter provided a summarized explanation titled 'What you need to know.' Twitter stated, "Trump falsely claimed that mail-in voting would lead to 'election fraud,' but fact-checkers say there is no evidence linking mail-in voting to voter fraud."

Local media attached significant meaning to Twitter's action. Bloomberg News said, "Twitter has started fact-checking President Trump," while The New York Times commented, "After years of criticism for unfiltered dissemination of false information claimed by President Trump, Twitter has finally taken action." The Washington Post (WP) also reported, "This move has escalated conflicts between Washington and Silicon Valley."

Twitter confirmed that earlier this month it introduced a new policy to block false information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and this was the first time it was applied to President Trump's tweets. In a statement, Twitter explained, "These tweets contained misleading information about voting procedures, so we labeled them to provide additional context about mail-in voting."

Twitter's recent 'warning' was triggered by the public release of a letter sent to Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, by a man requesting the removal of President Trump's conspiracy theory tweet about his wife's death.

President Trump strongly opposed Twitter's action. He criticized, "Twitter is interfering in the 2020 presidential election," and said, "They claim my statements about massive corruption and fraud related to mail-in voting are inaccurate based on fact-checks from fake news CNN and Amazon's WP." He added, "Twitter is completely suppressing freedom of the press," and warned, "As president, I will not allow this."

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