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On Saturday, Twitter once again labeled one of President Donald Trump’s tweets with a public interest notice — this time because it violated the social media platform’s “Civic Integrity Policy” for encouraging “people to potentially vote twice,” according to the social media platform.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about civic and election integrity,” the notice said. “However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”
Trump’s tweet encouraged North Carolinians to vote twice, saying voters could send in a mail-in ballot early, go to a polling location to see if it was counted and, if not, vote again. Voting twice, even under those circumstances, is illegal.
On Twitter’s safety page, the social media outlet explained its actions, saying “we err on the side of limiting the circulation of Tweets which advise people to take actions which could be illegal in the context of voting or result in the invalidation of their votes.”
The Trump campaign responded to Twitter’s warning Saturday by saying “Ensuring your vote is counted is not a nefarious act but a basic American right, and it’s very telling that Twitter would label the President’s words as otherwise,” while reiterating the same advice Twitter had flagged. Not mentioned was that in North Carolina voters are able to track their ballot online to ensure it is counted.
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