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In the midst of a tight dispute to find out who the next president of the United States is, after the elections took place this Tuesday, Facebook and Twitter have decided rate various messages from the president and republican candidate, Donald trump, after the counts began as “potentially misleading”.
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Election day has been marked by tension since several of the key states to define who will reach the White House in 2021 have very small margins between the two candidates and there is no clear trend of who will be the winner.
Against this backdrop, the US president has questioned the electoral process on different occasions and has even said that they are “trying to steal the elections.” Because of this, Twitter since the morning of this Wednesday has chosen to mark some of Trump’s trills with warnings about the veracity of their content.
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In the early hours of this Wednesday, the president of the United States wrote in his account: “We are going BIG, but eThey’re trying to STEAL the elections. We will never let them do it. No votes can be cast after the polls are closed! ”
We are in BIG time, but they are trying to STEAL the election. We will never let them do it. No votes can be cast after the polls are closed!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
For this reason, the social network hid the message under the warning: “Some or all of the content shared on This tweet has been contested and may be misleading regarding how to participate in an election or other civic process“, Giving equal to the person the possibility of seeing it if they want.
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Later, around 10 am (Colombian time), the president made a new publication that again included the warning from Twitter: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all the cases controlled and controlled by the Democrats. . Then one by one they began to magically disappear as the surprise dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it completely and historically wrong!”.
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Last night he was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all cases controlled and controlled by the Democrats. Then one by one, they began to magically disappear as the surprise dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it completely and historically wrong!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
At noon, President Trump wrote another message that was described by Twitter as misleading: “They’re working hard to wipe out Pennsylvania’s 500,000 vote lead, as soon as possible. Likewise, Michigan and others! ”
They are working hard to wipe out Pennsylvania’s 500,000-vote lead as soon as possible. Likewise Michigan and others!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Last Monday, the social network also included the warning to another message from the president about the Supreme Court decision on the count in the state of Pennsylvania.
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“The Supreme Court’s decision to vote in Pennsylvania is VERY dangerous. It will allow rampant and uncontrolled deception and undermine our entire system of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done! ”, Published the president.
The Supreme Court’s decision to vote in Pennsylvania is VERY dangerous. It will allow rampant and uncontrolled deception and undermine our entire system of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
On the other hand, Facebook also took action on Trump’s message about the attempted theft of the elections. In this case, the social network included a warning, but left the message visible, including a link that refers to an election information center, where official results are displayed.
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“Since the president began to proclaim victory prematurely, added notifications on Facebook and Instagram to indicate that the vote count is underway and you have not won yet“, highlighted the communication team of the social network.
Donald Trump has indicated without proof that they want to steal the elections.
Donald Trump campaign.
Measures
The Republican president had already hinted weeks ago that if he did not win the elections it would be because of the irregularities in the election. After his accusing tweets, Trump alluded to a “fraud”, assuring that he intended to reach the Supreme Court, during a brief speech.
Social networks deployed an arsenal of measures to ensure the integrity of the vote and clean its reputation, called into question by the large manipulation operations orchestrated from abroad in the 2016 US election campaign.
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Facebook seems to dominate the detection and dismantling of these campaigns and now fears incitements to violence and messages that could further inflame the spirits, especially those of radicalized groups.
In early October, Facebook suppressed accounts linked to the conspiracy movement ‘QAnon, a far-right pro-Trump collective. Twitter and YouTube took similar action. ´
Both the tight scrutiny and statements by the Republican president reinforced fears that political divisions would degenerate and platforms would be misused.
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Political or social or electoral ads are banned on Facebook starting Wednesday in the United States, probably for a week, to “limit the risks of confusion or abuse.”
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With information from AFP
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