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Twitter Places Warnings on Trump's Election Night Tweet

8 points| freditup | 5 years ago

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1323864823680126977

Trump's tweet, quoted in full below, is marked as "disputed" and possibly "misleading about an election or other civic process" within minutes of it being posted.

> We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!

This thread isn't intended to be political, but is an observation of the fascinating intersection of social media, disinformation, big tech, and democracy, playing out in real time this American election night.

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coolgod|5 years ago

NYTimes Tweet: "The role of declaring the winner of a presidential election in the U.S. falls to the news media."