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Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims

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While the counting for the 2020 presidential election still goes on, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss what steps social media platforms have taken to limit misinformation.

Additional reading:

  • Watch the great people of Philadelphia count ballots live
  • Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims
  • Twitter restricts Trump campaign official’s tweet alleging Philadelphia voter fraud
  • Before the votes are fully counted, Trump falsely claims victory
  • Twitter restricts yet another Trump tweet for making up election rules
  • People are mistaking a Baltimore Orioles meme for an election misinformation botnet
  • Facebook shuts down huge ‘Stop the Steal’ group
  • YouTube says video claiming Trump won does not violate its election misinformation policies
  • Democrats call on Twitter to suspend Trump as election results file in
  • Massachusetts passes ‘right to repair’ law to open up car data
  • California poised to establish a new privacy regulator with ballot measure win
  • Uber, Lyft drivers aren’t employees after all, California voters say
  • Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition

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