Twitter Flags Video Shared By Trump As ‘Manipulated Media’

Just three weeks after President Trump clashed with Twitter over its fact-checking policies, the social media platform has again flagged a post from the leader of the U.S.

The social media platform tagged a video he posted Thursday night with a warning label — “manipulated media” — after finding that it deceptively doctored footage in a way that was “likely to cause harm.”

The video fakes a CNN segment that depicts a white toddler running after a black child of similar age, scoring the images with screechy, scary string music. Beside CNN’s reproduced logo, a false, misspelled chyron declares “TERRIFIED TODLER RUNS FROM RACIST BABY.” Then, it reads: “RACIST BABY PROBABLY A TRUMP VOTER.”

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/19/880805065/twitter-flags-video-shared-by-trump-as-manipulated-media