Why Twitter isn’t fact-checking its CEO’s tweet of incorrect info – By Jonathan Garber (FOX Business) / May 31 2020
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey retweeted incorrect information about unrest in Minneapolis
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s retweet of incorrect facts regarding the unrest in Minneapolis doesn’t fall under the social-media company’s new label system for disputed or misleading tweets.
Dorsey, who founded Twitter in 2006, retweeted comments from St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter which incorrectly stated every person arrested in connection with unrest in the Minneapolis area on Friday evening was “from out of state.”
An online search of the Hennepin County jail log conducted by Fox 9 in Minneapolis showed an “overwhelming majority” of people arrested in connection with the unrest had Minnesota addresses. The search found 38 of 45 people that were arrested live in Minnesota. The company did not directly comment on Dorsey’s retweet of the NBC News report.
Twitter ignited controversy on Tuesday by putting a fact-check label on President Trump’s tweet stating his opinion that mail-in voting would lead to election fraud. The label had a link directing users to “Get the facts on mail-in ballots.”
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