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Fact-Checkers Support Twitter Labels, But More Than That, They Want Transparency

from Poynter

Fact-Checkers Support Twitter Labels, But More Than That, They Want Transparency Poynter Most U.S. fact-checkers supported Twitter’s effort to label President Donald Trump’s tweets on mail-in balloting, but all agree the social media company needed to be transparent about its process. Last week, Twitter added “Get the facts…” labels to two of the president’s tweets alleging mail-in balloting invites fraud. In an emailed statement, a company spokesperson said the tweets contained, “potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots.” READ MORE

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