Twitter hits "Trump for 'misleading health claims' that could dissuade people from voting

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Twitter hits Trump for 'misleading health claims' that could dissuade people from voting


https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/politics/trump-twitter-health-voting-claims-flagged/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_content=2020-08-24T09%3A16%3A05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp

By Donie O'Sullivan, Naomi Thomas and Ali Zaslav, CNN

Updated 2:12 PM ET, Sun August 23, 2020

(CNN)Twitter on Sunday slapped a label on a tweet from President Donald Trump for "making misleading health claims that could potentially dissuade people from participation in voting."

Trump claimed in posts on Twitter and Facebook early Sunday morning that mail drop boxes for voting "are not Covid sanitized," as well as a "voter security disaster."

Hours after Trump sent the tweet, Twitter took action, saying, "We placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our Civic Integrity Policy for making misleading health claims that could potentially dissuade people from participation in voting."

Now accompanying the tweet is the full following security notice: "This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about civic and election integrity. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible."

Trump's tweet saying that mail drop boxes are "not Covid sanitized" puzzled scientists, who note people are unlikely to catch the coronavirus from touching such a box. People can wash their hands or use hand sanitizer after touching any objects, including mail drop boxes, noted Erin Bromage, an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and a CNN contributor.

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The larger risk of transmission comes when people are crowded into indoor spaces together. "So while there is a theoretical possibility for viral transfer from a voting drop box, in reality the chances of this occurring and it leads to an infection are low," Bromage said....................

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[uponit7771]

1. People, the president of the United States is actively acting against America's democracy

[Demovictory9]

2. he sure is!!!

[ecstatic]

3. If anything, he's dissuading his own base. nt

[Butterflylady]

6. Repugs will not vote!

Yeah, that'll work.

[Roy Rolling]

4. Action!

Everyone who alerted and reported Trump’s tweet deserves the credit. Great job, people.

[rickyhall]

5. Wear a glove.

I wish we had drop boxes in Arkansas, but no crowd in this little town.

[riversedge]

7. good advice

[3Hotdogs]

8. To Twitter: What about that "tweet" could be in the public interest?

Maybe time for a "time out" for the orange asshole.

[The Blue Flower]

9. His panic is obvious

If people vote, he loses. Period.

[Illumination]

10. Yes The Blue Flower! He's desperate! Michael Cohen says "He'll do anything". Is he a murderer

too? That's what Putin & Mob Bosses do! The old wack job, Americans are so very proud of the Wacko-in-Chief!