Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends 'pointing out incorrect info' as Trump threatens action

A day after Twitter flagged US President Donald Trump's tweets regarding 'mail-in ballots', Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stated that social networking site would 'continue to point out incorrect information' about elections globally. On Tuesday, Twitter flagged Donald Trump's tweets regarding mail-in ballots which is a topic of contention with US presidential elections just a few months away. Twitter said move will prevent spread of misinformation.

w, in a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey has justified microblogging site's move saying that Trump's tweets on mail-in-ballots could mislead people into thinking that y did t need to register for a ballot which could cause chaos since only registered voters receive ballots. He has also taken full responsibility for this move saying that while Twitter was t an 'arbiter of truth', it's intention was to provide correct information alongside conflicting statements to let people be ultimate judge. 

President Trump had tweeted that Mail-in ballots will lead to voting fraud stating that se mailboxes will be robbed, and will be 'forged and even illegally printed out' In a subsequent tweet, Trump said that it will be a rigged election and ended yet ar rant with ' way!'

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Trump accuses Twitter of 'interfering' with elections

Shortly after his tweets were flagged, US President Donald Trump lashed out at Twitter stating that social networking firm is 'interfering' with  US Presidential elections. Trump went on to threaten that as President, he will 't allow' 'stifling of free speech'. Trump's campaign team for upcoming elections also released a statement explaining that Twitter was trying to stop President's mess go through to voters.

In an update earlier in May, Twitter had anunced, "During active conversations about disputed issues, it can be helpful to see additional context from trusted sources. Earlier this year, we introduced a new label for Tweets containing syntic and manipulated media." "Depending on propensity for harm and type of misleading information, warnings may also be applied to a Tweet. se warnings will inform people that information in Tweet conflicts with public health experts’ guidance before y view it," statement furr read.

This is for first time that Twitter has flagged President's tweet for misinformation after updating its policy regarding spread of fake news and misinformation.

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