Published 08:09 IST, September 17th 2020

Twitter labels satirical video of Joe Biden shared by Trump as 'manipulated media'

Twitter has labelled a satirical video shared by US President Donald Trump featuring democratic rival Joe Biden as "manipulated media"

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In yet ar crackdown, Twitter on Wednesday labelled a video shared by US President Donald Trump as "manipulated media." satirical video featured Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden playing rap group NWA's song at a Hispanic Herit Month event in Florida.

Biden had actually played Luis Fonsi's hit song "Despacito" after being introduced by singer at event in Florida. video shared by Trump tweet w displays a warning by Twitter that links it to collected tweets showing actual event.

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Donald Trump has portrayed himself as a "law-and-order" president during campaign, in response to widespread protests following death of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis. Tweeting edited video, President wrote wrote "China is drooling. y can’t believe this!”

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A Twitter spokeswoman said video, which garnered more than five million views, was labelled based on its manipulated media policy. United Spot, self-described as making satirical videos, had posted original tweet, which was also labelled by Twitter. Twitter has previously attached labels to several or tweets posted and shared by president, including adding fact-checking tices on his tweets containing misleading information about mail-in ballots or COVID-19.

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Biden addresses Latis at Florida

Joe Biden made his first trip to Florida as Democratic presidential minee on Tuesday with an urgent mission to boost support among Latis who could decide election in one of nation's fiercest battleground states. Speaking at a campaign event marking Hispanic Herit Month, Biden said: " future of success of this country depends on Hispanics having opportunities and tools y need to succeed."

"We have to do so much more than just defeating Donald Trump. We have to seize this opportunity to build back better for all of our communities,"  Biden told an audience in Kissimmee, near Orlando.

A win for Joe Biden in Florida would dramatically narrow Donald Trump’s path to reelection. But in a state where elections are often decided by a percent point, re are mounting concerns that Biden may be slipping, particularly with state’s influential Lati voters.

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08:09 IST, September 17th 2020