Twitter has marked three of Donald Trump's latest tweets as potentially "misleading about an election or other civic process." Photo: Getty Images (file)Tech companies are trying to curb a surge in US election misinformation, with President Donald Trump and allies taking to social media to falsely claim victory and make unsupported allegations of voter fraud. On Fox News, Trump's tweets have been read out verbatim on Wednesday, sometimes without caveats about their veracity. Twitter also flagged early victory claims by state-level officials from both parties, as well as high-profile social media accounts that echoed Trump's premature victory claim and his unfounded allegations of fraud. The president's false victory claim was also live streamed on both platforms, with millions of votes still uncounted.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2020 20:26 UTC