On Tuesday 26th May, 2020, Twitter labeled two tweets from the of America, President Donald Trump making false statements about mail-in voting as “potentially misleading.” It’s the first time the platform has fact-checked the president.
The president has retweeted saying Twitter is now interfering in the coming 2020 election.
According to him twitter is completely stifling free speech, and he, as President, will not allow it to happen.
Trump’s tweets
“Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post…
is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!”
….Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
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