Posted on 05/26/2020 6:02:48 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Twitter slapped a warning label on one of President Trump's tweets for the first time on Tuesday, cautioning readers that despite the president's claims, "fact checkers" say there is "no evidence" that mail-in voting would increase fraud risks -- and that "experts say mail-in ballots are very rarely linked to voter fraud."
Twitter's new warning label was issued even though a Twitter spokesperson acknowledged to Fox News that Trump's tweet had not broken any of the platform's rules, and even though several experts have called mail-in balloting an invitation to widespread fraud.
"Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud," read the conclusion of a bipartisan 2005 report authored by the Commission on Federal Election Reform, which was chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker.
The warning label prompted conservatives to again condemn Twitter for what they have called its apparent left-wing bias: Just two months ago, Twitter flagged a video uploaded by the Trump campaign as "manipulated media," only to rebuff the campaign's efforts to have the platform flag a similar video uploaded by the Biden team.
Within minutes, Trump accused Twitter of "interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election ... based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post." The president added that the platform "is completely stifling FREE SPEECH" and vowed: "I, as President, will not allow it to happen!"
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Apparently being a "private" (meaning only under the control of foreign governments) company means they can get around Federal election law.
Twitter just signed its own death warrant.
“The president added that the platform “is completely stifling FREE SPEECH”
That does not make sense to me.
It’s not unlike a news/commentary program doing a BS fact check. Nobody stopped him from saying whatever he wants.
Additionally, there is no legal prohibition of twitter doing what they wish with their private platform, unlike government powers which are prohibited from interfering with speech in most cases.
I believe Trump is using bullshit to stir the emotions of those less educated in his base.
Enemies of the Republic.
‘Never let a crises go to waste’
FB is also censoring the video of Biden saying he can beat Biden.
What a coincidence that the biggest 3 social media outlets are all censoring conservatives, and deleting posts, video etc at the same time just before an election.
Trump is right as there has been fraud, harvesting.
A few comments I have seen by you indicates you do not like this President. Is that true?
I was the very first public supporter of POTUS Trump on this forum, and remain steadfast in that support.
But that does not mean I’m a blind supporter, and I’ll call BS when I see it.
seems you are calling a lot of B/S about anything this President does, or says lately
and will continue to do so when I see it.
As opposed to being a sycophant.
If you’re comfortable being a sycophant, that’s your business. Until you start putting your bullshit imaginings and emotions on me. That will incur my wrath.
your wrath LOL
With this much flak, Trump is CLEARLY directly over the target.
Enemy: How long did you think you were going to pedal this vote-by-mail crap before you got called on it?
That's exactly what it is. They are using totally fake news CNN and Washington Post to do a totally fake “fact check”.
You may want to look at the election fraud report from the bipartisan commission headed by Jimmy Carter and James Baker from 2005. They agree with what President Trump said.
Nobody stopped him from saying whatever he wants.
Except they have. Just last year, they suspended the Mitch McConnel Senate reelection campaign twitter account. And they recently suspended the Twitter account of Ilhan Omar's GOP opponent.
Back in 2018, they suspended the accounts of several GOP congressmen who were kicking butt on the House Judicial Committee.
“Just last year, they suspended the Mitch McConnel Senate reelection campaign twitter account.”
Twitter is not the only microphone in town. By far.
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