Facebook, Trump and Twitter controversy: The story so far

Well, in an unprecedented move, Twitter on May 26th labelled tweets from US President Donald Trump as misleading. The social media giant highlighted two of Trump’s tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,” read a message beneath each tweet. Now, if you click on the message, it is linked to a fact-checked page the platform had created filled with further links and summaries of news articles.

Trump hit back at Twitter, saying the social media platform is “interfering” in the 2020 presidential election and completely “stifling” free speech and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!” he said. President Donald Trump even threatened to shut down the platform.