That decision has triggered a high-pitched confrontation with Trump, who vowed Wednesday to take “big action” against social media companies that he accuses of silencing conservatives. On Tuesday, Twitter added warning labels to two Trump tweets claiming, without evidence, that mail-in ballots, like those being used in California amid the pandemic, are likely to be “substantially fraudulent.” The labels directed users to a link to “get the facts about mail-in ballots.” Now Twitter is applying a similar metric to noncoronavirus-related tweets by the president of the United States. Twitter has not yet defined what generally counts as offline harm, but in the case of coronavirus-related content, it has identified tweets like those that advocate protecting yourself from the virus using methods public health authorities say are ineffective. Those tools include the warning labels attached to Trump’s tweets that link to a Twitter “Moment,” or collection of content, explaining objections to his post. “We now have the tools in place to label content that may contain misleading claims that could cause offline harm,” said Rosborough. “Covid was a game changer,” Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough said.
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