Protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd outside the 3rd Precinct Police Precinct on ... [+] May 26, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hundreds of tweets containing the photo now include a label reading “manipulated media,” which links users to a page with fact checks from Snopes and local news reporters. (Riches also claims the hat in the photo was photoshopped). All four officers who were on the scene at the time of Floyd’s death have been fired and the FBI is investigating the incident. Republicans have long claimed that Facebook, based in the liberal stronghold of Silicon Valley, is biased against conservatives, and Twitter’s fact check only intensified that criticism, with Trump tweeting that Twitter was “interfering” in the 2020 election and stifling free speech.

Source: Forbes May 28, 2020 19:18 UTC