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Katie Clayton '18 on Twitter Backlash

Posted on June 02, 2020 by New York Times

Presidential Scholar Katie Clayton '18 is quoted in the New York Times on Twitter's handling of the president's tweets

After the social media company labeled two of the president's tweets as inaccurate on Tuesday, his adherents pounced.

Not long after Twitter added a warning label to two of President Trump's tweets on Tuesday, his supporters swung into action.

On Twitter, Mr. Trump's adherents targeted one of the company's executives for old tweets in which he had criticized the president and other Republicans. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers including Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, and Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said they would move to regulate Twitter.

 

Read the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/technology/trump-twitter.html