Published 13:20 IST, May 28th 2020

Trump accuses Twitter of meddling with US Presidential Election 2020 over fact check row

US President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 28 yet again slammed the micro-blogging site Twitter over flagging his tweets as 'misleading'.

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 28 yet again slammed micro-blogging site Twitter over flagging his tweets as 'misleading'. Taking to Twitter, Trump accused platform of doing everything it can to censor 2020 elections.

US President stated that if social media platforms censor it, n people will longer have ir freedom and said that he will t let it happen. Furr, according to Trump, Twitter had tried to censor presidential election in 2016 elections as well but had failed.

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Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany has anunced that Trump is soon going to sign an executive order regarding social media companies. This comes after Twitter on Tuesday labelled tweets from United States President Donald Trump as misleading and highlighted two of his tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. 

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"Get facts about mail-in ballots," read a mess under each tweet. Immediately after this move, Trump accused Twitter of meddling with US Presidential elections and said that he will 't allow' 'stifling of free speech'.  

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

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Trump's tweets

With less than six months left for US 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: Trump to sign executive order about social media platforms after Twitter flags his tweets

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Jack Dorsey hits back 

Responding to Trump's accusations about social media site trying to censor 2020 elections, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that  social networking site would 'continue to point out incorrect information' about elections globally.

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In a series of tweets, he justified that 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 also took full responsibility for move. 

 

 

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

13:20 IST, May 28th 2020