Bite the ballot: Twitter, Facebook face labelling test on Trump election posts

They are flagging them, but are slammed for not restricting their reach, in a test of how they police false information

04 November 2020 - 20:25 By Elizabeth Culliford and Jack Stubbs

Facebook and Twitter flagged some of President Donald Trump’s posts on the US election as votes were still being counted, in a real-time test of their rules on handling misinformation and premature claims of victory...

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