Twitter has hidden Donald Trump's first tweet of the day after the US election, in which the President wrote his vote advantage in key Democrat-run states had 'started to magically disappear'.
It earlier took a similar action over a post in which Trump said his opponents 'are trying to steal the election'. Both messages are now hidden behind warnings that say the claims are disputed and might be misleading.
The moves also limit users' ability to like and reply to the posts. Facebook has added fact-check boxes to the same two messages on Trump's profile on its platform, clarifying that final results might take longer than normal â€" but did not restrict engagement.
'Censor and silence'
The most recent of the two tweets said: 'Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all instances Democrat-run and controlled.
'Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE.'
Twitter took just over half an hour to react. Biden's first tweet of the day said 'we won't rest until everyone's vote is counted'.
Twitter has not acted on any of Biden's tweets. But it has hidden a post by the chair of Wisconsin's Democratic Party Ben Wikler who posted that 'Joe Biden just won Wisconsin'.
On Tuesday, the Trump campaign claimed that 'Silicon Valley continues its campaign to censor and silence the president'.
Source : https://taarifa.rw/us-election-twitter-hides-trump-tweet-about-disappearing-lead/
