Daily US Times: Twitter posted a warning label on Monday on an election-eve tweet from President Trump, noting that his assertion that a recent US Supreme Court decision could lead to problems in the election is misleading.
Trump has repeatedly slammed a Supreme Court decision last week that will allow some absentee ballots to be received after Election Day in Pennsylvania, one of the battleground states. Trump, in a tweet Monday, took the complaint a step farther, arguing the court decision would prompt “rampant” cheating and “violence in the streets.”
There is no evidence that either outcome is likely and the decision was far more limited than the President’s portrayal. The 4-4 decision allowed ballots that were postmarked by Election Day – or ballots with illegible postmarks – to be received through Nov. 6, three days after the election.
Facebook also fact-checked Donald Trump, with a label that says voting fraud is “extremely rare.”
As a result of a policy announced in September, the social media giant label is slapped on posts that seek to delegitimize the outcome of the election or discuss the legitimacy of voting methods.
Those ballots would be segregated from other mail-in ballots and the courts could revisit their validity if they prove decisive in Pennsylvania.
Minutes after Trump’s missive, Twitter added a warning label to the post, noting that “some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed” and that it “might be misleading about an election or other civic process.”
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