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Re:Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter fact-checked Trump’s fal... by javagram on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:13AM (#23334002)
As they have left trump’s false claim up, just with a note below it, doesn’t that still leave the reader/viewer as the ultimate arbiter of truth?

The reader can decide for themselves whether Trump or the other linked sources are more trustworthy.

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Re:Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter fact-checked Trump’s fal... by eanzenberg on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:15AM (#23334018)
Right but then they omit links which verify his comments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/politics/as-more-vote-...

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/close-results-in-pater...

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Re:Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter fact-checked Trump’s fal... by javagram on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:35AM (#23334156)
Trump said that all people in CA were going to be mailed a ballot without being registered to vote. That’s objectively false.

Jack’s explanation for putting a warning label on that to let people know that actually they do need to register to vote makes sense.

Trump can make another tweet with those 2 links if he wants. Twitter isn’t stopping him.

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