Twitter puts ‘manipulated’ tag on faked Biden video retweeted by Trump

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Twitter has applied a “manipulated media” tag to a doctored video of former Vice President Joe Biden that was shared by White House social media director Dan Scavino and retweeted by President Trump, according to Washington Post reporter Cat Zakrzewski. It’s believed to be the first time the platform has used the tag to denote faked media.
Biden’s campaign manager, Greg Schultz, responded with a strongly worded statement blasting Facebook for not taking similar action, as reported by CNN’s Sarah Mucha:
We live in an era of increasingly rampant disinformation, and there are only two ways to address this toxic force that is corroding our democracy: responsibly and in a way that serves the public, or irresponsibly and in a nakedly…

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