Donald Trump has multiplied the threats, Wednesday, May 27. After accusing, the day before, the Twitter platform of"Interfere" in the american election campaign, the president of the united states promised to "Regulate strongly or close" social networks. His spokesman, Kayleigh McEnany, spoke of the signing on Thursday of a presidential decree, the content of which immediately prompted many questions, given the reduced powers of the head of state in the event of a congressional freeze.
This angry reaction was sparked by Twitter's unprecedented and spectacular decision to add a warning to two messages released on Tuesday by Donald Trump, in which he defended the disputed thesis that postal voting would facilitate electoral fraud. The president keeps repeating this claim as the Covid-19 pandemic prompts many states to consider expanding this ballot to avoid the risk of contagion. He came back on Tuesday, targeting California, a potential theater, he said."A rigged election".
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For the first time, Twitter added a link to the president's message inviting readers to verify his claims. He refers to a short article indicating that the President has published "A series of allegations" which are "Baseless, according to CNN, the Washington Post (two media regularly criticized by Donald Trump) and others ". "Experts say that ballots sent by post are very rarely linked to electoral fraud", concludes the text.
"These Tweet contain potentially misleading information about the electoral process and have been reported to provide additional context for postal voting", assured a spokesperson for the social network, referring to a new Twitter policy. This society "Is completely restricting freedom of expression and, as president, I will not let them do it!" "railed Donald Trump. "We always knew that Silicon Valley would do everything possible to prevent President Trump from getting his message out to voters", added his campaign manager, Brad Parscale.
Twitter’s decision is part of a move that led it to refuse to post political ads, unlike the Facebook behemoth. In March, the firm had already removed two messages from the official account of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in which he questioned the containment decided to fight the pandemic.
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