Trump Sprayed On Twitter For Unilateral Claims Of Cheating In The US Presidential Election

Presiden Amerika Donald Trump (Twitter @WhiteHouse)

JAKARTA - Incumbent presidential candidate Donald Trump has been sprayed again by Twitter, because his tweets are accusing the 2020 US Presidential Election of being rigged. Twitter has re-labeled Trump's tweet as potentially misleading.

Launching from Techcrunch, currently with the votes for the 2020 US Presidential Election, Biden's position is winning 238 votes against Trump with 213 electoral votes. Feeling cheated, Trump immediately tweeted on his personal Twitter account and blamed his opponent.

Screenshot of Trump's Tweet (Aditya / VOI)

Inevitably, Trump's tweet claiming to be unilateral without a credible source was immediately acted on by Twitter. Although not deleted, the tweet published at 12.49 WIB has been hidden from the timeline.

"Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is debatable and may be misleading regarding electoral or other civil proceedings," Twitter said.

We placed a warning on a Tweet from @realDonaldTrump for making a potentially misleading claim about an election. This action is in line with our Civic Integrity Policy. More here: https://t.co/k6OkjNXEAm

- Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) November 4, 2020

Indeed, Twitter has promised to flag posts that are potentially misleading in the 2020 US Presidential Election. Furthermore, Twitter explained via the @TwitterSafety account that Trump made claims that could potentially mislead the election results.

The policy in question is that Twitter prohibits posts that are misleading regarding election participation, pressure and intimidation, misleading about election results, misleading or errors related to political affiliation.

This isn't the first time Twitter has cracked down on a tweet from Donald Trump. Previously, Twitter and Facebook also took firm action by taking down Trump's post accusing the US Supreme Court of the vote in Pennsylvania.