For the sixth time in lower than 24 hours, Twitter on Wednesday flagged tweets by President Trump for violating its guidelines as a result of they
For the sixth time in lower than 24 hours, Twitter on Wednesday flagged tweets by President Trump for violating its guidelines as a result of they included unsupported claims of widespread election fraud and untimely declarations of victory in key battleground states.
Twitter connected warnings to every of the president’s tweets, but in addition to others posted by his allies, together with, amongst others, his official marketing campaign account, the White Home press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and the president’s son Eric Trump. All three had, just like the president, claimed victory for Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania, a race that no main information group has mentioned is set.
At the very least three of Mr. Trump’s posts had been hidden and one was partially hidden, however every allowed Twitter customers the choice of viewing them. The platform additionally restricted the power of customers to retweet or repost the posts by the president that had violated the corporate’s requirements.
Twitter’s actions got here as Mr. Trump’s doable path to re-election narrowed, with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. profitable Wisconsin and Michigan, two states within the so-called Midwest blue wall that Mr. Trump had gained in 2016.
Mr. Trump falsely claimed on Wednesday afternoon that he had gained not solely Pennsylvania but in addition Georgia and North Carolina, states wherein he had been main in early vote totals however the place a major variety of ballots remained uncounted. In every case, his lead was shrinking.
Mr. Trump has almost 88 million followers on Twitter, which confronted accusations of bias from Republicans in the course of the marketing campaign.