Just three weeks after President Trump clashed with Twitter over its fact-checking policies, the social media platform has again flagged a post from the…
Just three weeks after President Trump clashed with Twitter over its fact-checking policies, the social media platform has again flagged a post from the leader of the U. S.
The social media platform tagged a video he posted Thursday night with a warning label — « manipulated media » — after finding that it deceptively doctored footage in a way that was « likely to cause harm. »
The video fakes a CNN segment that depicts a white toddler running after a black child of similar age, scoring the images with screechy, scary string music. Beside CNN’s reproduced logo, a false, misspelled chyron declares « TERRIFIED TODLER RUNS FROM RACIST BABY. » Then, it reads: « RACIST BABY PROBABLY A TRUMP VOTER. »
The video then rewinds and plays more of the footage, showing a viral video from last year in which the two toddlers run toward each other and embrace, after introducing the new scene as « what really happened.
