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SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 — Twitter labelled two Donald Trump tweets “unsubstantiated” and accused him of making false claims yesterday, a first for the social network which has long resisted calls to censure the US president over truth-defying posts. The move drew a furious response from Trump,...

Twitter labelled two of Donald Trump’s tweets 'unsubstantiated' and accused him of making false claims yesterday. — Reuters pic

“Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!” he tweeted. The president has long used Twitter as a platform to spread abuse, conspiracy theories, false information and insults to his 80 million followers. But Twitter, perhaps fearing a clash with one of its most influential users, had previously held out against calls to act.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said during a CNN interview yesterday that Twitter and other social media platforms should “say it’s not true” when misleading statements are broadcast.Twitter’s decision comes as Trump, already facing US economic calamity and 100,000 deaths from coronavirus as well as sinking reelection polls, received a storm of backlash over his pushing of the Scarborough conspiracy theory.

“So many unanswered & obvious questions, but I won’t bring them up now! Law enforcement eventually will?” he wrote.

 

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