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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (May 27) threatened to close down social media platforms after Twitter labelled two of his tweets "unsubstantiated" and accused him of making false claims.
"Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down before we can ever allow this to happen," Trump tweeted.
Twitter targeted two tweets the president posted on Tuesday in which he contended without evidence that mail-in voting would lead to fraud and a "Rigged Election."
Under the tweets, Twitter posted a link which read "Get the facts about mail-in ballots" – a first for the social network which has long resisted calls to censure the US president over truth-defying posts.
Trump pushed back again on Wednesday saying "we can't let large scale Mail-In Ballots take root in our Country. It would be a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of Ballots. Whoever cheated the most would win. Likewise, Social Media. Clean up your act, NOW!!!!"
Trump also accused social media platforms of interfering in the last election, saying "we saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can't let a more sophisticated version of that happen again."
The US president has long used Twitter as a platform to spread abuse, conspiracy theories, false information and insults to his 80 million followers.
(Source: ndtv)
