Twitter adds warning label to misleading Donald Trump tweets

Donald Trump lied today on Twitter. And, unlike every other day, Twitter finally called him out on it.

In a series of Tuesday morning tweets, the president claimed — falsely— that providing mail-in ballots to the residents of California would automatically result in a "Rigged Election." In response, Twitter appended each of the tweets in question with a note imploring readers to "Get the facts about mail-in ballots."

When clicked, the links take readers to a series of articles explaining the various ways in which Trump's tweets are misleading. This appears to be the first time Twitter has, in effect, fact checked the president — let alone stuck a big "this is bullshit" sticker on one of his tweets.

Twitter's warning message Credit: screenshot / twitter

"These Tweets (here and here) contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots," a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable over email. "This decision is in line with the approach we shared earlier this month."

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If this is the new norm, expect many of Trump's future posts on Twitter to come with various warning labels. It seems that, unlike Facebook, Twitter has finally had enough.

UPDATE: May 26, 2020, 5:06 p.m. PDT: The president responded, poorly, Tuesday afternoon to being fact checked by Twitter.

".@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post....," wrote Trump. "....Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!"

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It is unclear what, exactly, he means.

We reached out to Twitter for comment on Trump's response, and will update this if we hear back.