Donald Trump Jr hammers Twitter for fact-check embarrassment to his dad and US President

Donald Trump Jr, son of US President Donald Trump, took a dig at micro-blogging site Twitter over labelling President's tweets as misleading. Taking to Twitter, he questioned site if y are w going to censor "blue-check mark journalists" and "left-wing activists" who according to him, are claiming that Trump is a "puppet" of Vladimir Putin. 

Read: Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets for first time; US President hits back

Twitter labels Trump's tweets

For first time, Twitter on Tuesday labelled tweets from United States President Donald Trump as misleading highlighting two of his tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. "Get facts about mail-in ballots," read a mess under each tweet.

With less than six months left for Presidential elections, Trump took to Twitter to slam idea of holding elections through “Mail-in Ballots”. Terming it to be 'Rigged election', he stated that mailboxes will be robbed and ballots will be forged. 

Read: Nearly half of Twitter accounts calling for "reopening America" could be bots: Study

Trump responds to Twitter's actions 

Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Twitter of  'interfering' with  US Presidential elections. He furr threatened that as a President, he will "t allow" "stifling of free speech."

 Read: Trump accuses Twitter of 'stifling free speech' after tweet is flagged for misinformation

In Mid-March, Twitter had introduced more stringent policies regarding conspiracy ories over Coronavirus. In a statement, Twitter had ted that y are prioritizing removal of COVID-19 content when it has a call to action that could potentially cause harm. company is also said to have suspended “millions” of accounts that engd in malicious bot behaviour.

Read: Donald Trump slams 'mail in ballots', warns of ' biggest rigged elections in history'