Twitter labeled a tweet from President Trump “disputed” and restricted its sharing on the eve of the election after he criticized a Supreme Court decision to allow counting of ballots received up to three days after Election Day in Pennsylvania.
In the tweet posted Monday evening, Trump baselessly claimed the court’s decision would “allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws.”
Adding, “It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!”
Twitter placed a label on the tweet and removed the ability for the post to be retweeted. The label reads, “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about how to participate in an election or another civic process.”
The same message from Trump was also posted to his Facebook page.
Facebook placed a label on the post but did not restrict how it could be shared. Facebook’s label also did not specifically call out the claims as being false. It reads “Both voting by mail and voting in person have a long history of trustworthiness in the US. Voter fraud is extremely rare across voting methods.”
Neither company labeled the tweet as inciting violence.
