Twitter, Facebook label Trump's election posts when votes were still being counted
4 years, 4 months ago

Twitter, Facebook label Trump's election posts when votes were still being counted

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc flagged some of President Donald Trump's posts on the U.S. election as votes were still being counted, in a real-time test of their rules on handling misinformation and premature claims of victory. Facebook added a label to the same post that said “final results may be different from initial vote counts as ballot counting will continue for days or weeks.” U.S. election results live Twitter did not label a separate post, in which Trump declared: “A big WIN!” A spokeswoman said this was because the language was vague and unclear on what victory was being claimed. The winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election has not been projected.” A Facebook spokesman said it would run top-of-feed notifications saying the same thing on Facebook and its photo-sharing site Instagram. Alphabet Inc's video service YouTube added a panel that said 'results may not be final' to election-related videos and directed users to a Google search for the election results.

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