Trump Threatens to Shut Social Media Companies After Twitter Fact Check
President Donald Trump threatens to regulate social media companies after getting fact-checked over 80 million followers it's his favorite social media platforms but Potus and Twitter aren't on good terms right now after they fact-checked his for the first time today Trump Threatened to shut down or regulate social media companies.
Twitter has fact-checked label on president 's tweets about mail-in ballots for years people have called for social media companies to debunk misinformation. Why now and what the fact-checking looks like Look at the following pic taken from the president official twitter account.
Twitter's fact check saying get the facts about mail-in ballots when you click it. It will share facts about the topic and enlists other articles and quotes on the topic as well for you to get context for this specific tweet. it debunks Trump's claims about mail and voting fraud.
Let's take a deeper dive into why now and why this is important:
At the beginning of the year, Twitter announced that starting March 5h the company would begin labeling tweets with misinformation to help provides context so people could read facts on the topic this decision came after the company asked thousands of tweeters from around the world to help them.
Twitter develop a new policy the feedback showed tweeters wanted
1. More accurate information
2. Misinformation labeled to help distinguish between fact and fiction they also asked twitter too.
3.Remove harmful content discipline
4. Suspend accounts that share misleading information.
Social media Giants have been criticized for not doing anything about misinformation spreading on their website for years especially after the 2016 election.
When Facebook news feeds were bombarded with propaganda and inaccurate claims and while a simple flag like this educating people on mail-in ballots is a small step it can make a big difference with someone who has more than 80 million followers.
Twitter says their new fact-checking policy is not perfect but if you think they have made a mistake and flagged something in error you can not appeal on their website.