Twitter adds fact-check warnings to US President Donald Trump’s tweets

For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump’s tweets with a fact-check warning.

On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots “fraudulent and predicted that “mail boxes will be robbed, among other things.

Under the tweets, there is now a link reading Get the facts about mail-in ballots that guides users to a Twitter moments page with fact checks and news stories about Trump’s unsubstantiated claims.

Until now, the US President has simply blown past Twitter’s half-hearted attempts to enforce rules intended to promote civility and healthy conversation on its most prominent user.