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May 27, 2020

Trump Threatens to "Close Down" Social Media Sites as Twitter Tags His Tweets as Misleading
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President Trump is threatening to shut down social media platforms after
Twitter labeled two of his tweets as potentially misleading. On Tuesday,
Trump sent out two tweets attacking mail-in voting, claiming it would
lead to a rigged election. Twitter responded by adding fact-check labels
to the tweets with information about how there is no established link
between voting by mail and voter fraud. Trump responded by accusing the
company of interfering in the 2020 election and of stifling his free
speech. Earlier this morning, Trump wrote on Twitter, "Republicans feel
that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We
will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow
this to happen."


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