Twitter can be a harbor for misleading information due to the thousands of threads and opinions being posted all of the time. A tweet by the president was recently labeled by twitter as "manipulated media." The video was originally sourced from a meme page and twisted out of context. Twitter officials underwent a bit of heat from President Trump since he uses social media to voice his opinions freely. When users watch media on social platforms many times we assume the information has to be true but this isn't always the case. Twitter has taken some initiative, but "critics have also said that Twitter has moved slowly on moderation, allowing harassment and misinformation to flourish on its platform." As more people seek truthful information social media is becoming a more trustable resource for current events.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/technology/trump-tweet-baby-manipulated.html
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