Not to be outdone by Google Twitter gets in on the action. Who is it again that is meddling in US elections ?

Twitter Declares It Will Censor Trump’s Tweets Ahead of 2020 Election
Platform will ‘down rank’ political candidates tweets if they ‘violate’ rules
Steve Watson
Prison Planet.com
June 28, 2019

Twitter has declared that it will limit the reach of President Trump’s tweets ahead of the 2020 election as campaigning amps up.

The social media platform, which has come under fire recently for silencing prominent conservative voices online, notes that it will begin using algorithms to “down-rank” tweets by politicians which ‘violate’ their rules.

The Washington Post reported that such tweets by all verified political candidates and government officials with over 100,000 followers will be tagged with a label:

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Before users can view the language in newly flagged tweets, they will need to click on a screen that says, “The Twitter Rules about abusive behavior apply to this Tweet. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain available.”

The company also said it will set up a special team tasked with enforcing the policy, and the notification label would appear only on rare occasions.

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The report explains that Twitter will deprioritize the labeled tweets so that they would be seen by fewer people.

“In the past, we’ve allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules to remain on Twitter because they were in the public’s interest, but it wasn’t clear when and how we made those determinations,” the company said in a statement Thursday.

“To fix that, we’re introducing a new notice that will provide additional clarity in these situations, and sharing more on when and why we’ll use it.” the statement added.

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I'm sure @Twitter will apply this fairly across the board & won't use it to target conservatives. 🙄🙄🙄

Big Tech is so determined to stop @realDonaldTrump's reelection that they're willing to kill what made their platforms popular in the first place (free speech!) to stop him. https://t.co/MiKFN8wak9

— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) June 27, 2019

According to CNN journalist Donnie O’Sullivan, there is “no real evidence” that Big Tech platforms are “biased against conservatives”.

Yes, really.https://t.co/0RnBrxWHmV

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) June 27, 2019

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The new policy means that tweets such as the ones below from Trump today criticizing Democrats and touting his own achievements would likely be flagged and down ranked:

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All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare. How about taking care of American Citizens first!? That’s the end of that race!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2019

The Stock Market went up massively from the day after I won the Election, all the way up to the day that I took office, because of the enthusiasm for the fact that I was going to be President. That big Stock Market increase must be credited to me. If Hillary won – a Big Crash!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2019

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There can be no doubt now that Big Tech is determined not to let history repeat and is engaged in a vociferous attempt to sabotage Trump’s campaign for reelection.

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