Twitter flagged another Trump tweet, to 'protect' you. But that's not who it's really protecting.

Twitter flagged another Trump tweet, to 'protect' you. But that's not who it's really protecting.

Twitter's wrath, mild though it may be, at least came down quickly on Saturday to flag yet another Donald Trump tweet for lying.

Just 94 minutes after the U.S. president encouraged voters in North Carolina to take actions on election day that could land them in legal trouble, Twitter responded. The company added a note to the tweet informing readers that Trump's words "violated the Twitter Rules about civic and election integrity."

"We placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our Civic Integrity Policy, specifically for encouraging people to potentially vote twice," the note from Twitter Safety read. Trump's tweet effectively encouraged North Carolina voters to vote twice, which is an illegal act. Read more...

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