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    Twitter Points Users To Fact Checks Of Trump Tweets For The First Time

    A link is added to a tweet in which the president claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. A Twitter spokesman says the tweet wasn't deleted because it didn't discourage voting.
    by Bobby Allyn May 26, 2020 3 minutes
    For the first time, Twitter has directed users to a fact check of a tweet by President Trump.

    Updated at 9:59 p.m. ET

    Twitter has placed a fact-checking warning on a tweet issued by President Trump in which he claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent.

    Twitter's move on Tuesday marks the first time the technology company has sanctioned Trump as criticism mounts about how the president has amplified misinformation to more than 80 million followers on the social media platform.

    Trump responded by accusing Twitter of stifling free speech.

    Twitter spokesman Trenton Kennedy

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