Faizel Patel – 19/06/2020
Twitter has flagged a tweet from US President Donald Trump as containing “manipulated media” after the president tweeted a clip of a black toddler and a white toddler edited to include a fake CNN caption reading “terrified todler[sic] runs from racist baby.”
The Hill reports the initial video, which was widely circulated online long before the tweet shows the two children running towards each other and embracing has been edited to include ominous background music and the fictitious CNN headline.
The video reverts to the original clip midway through, cutting to a title reading “America is not the problem, Fake news is.”
According to The Hill, the tweet marks the third time Twitter has flagged a tweet by Trump.
In May, Twitter appended the president’s comments on mail-in voting, a frequent topic for Trump, as containing misinformation about an election.
Shortly after that, Twitter flagged a second tweet about unrest after the death of George Floyd that included the phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting start” as promoting violence.
Trump responded by signing an executive order that seeks to curb the long-standing legal protections of social media companies.
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