Social media and networking site Twitter has updated its infamous warning labels that pointed out election misinformation, to reflect that Joe Biden is the president-elect. – By Gerald Gekara.
Previously, Twitter’s labels said that claims of election fraud were “disputed.”
The new labels say: “Election officials have certified Joe Biden as the winner of the U.S. Presidential election.”
The updates that have long targetted President Donald Trump and other bigwigs who have been spreading a smear campaign on the election outcome.
“Following certification of the results of the 2020 US Presidential Election, we’ve updated our label to reflect thee latest information,” Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio told CNN.
Twitter also said that in the last month alone, it labeled roughly 300,000 tweets for content that was disputed or potentially misleading during a two-week period covering the election.
However, the move to strike President Donald Trump have been widely criticized by democracy experts who say the move goes a long way to undermine democracy.
