For the first time, Twitter has branded a political video shared by President Donald Trump as “manipulated media.”
The video, which mocked Joe Biden, was initially posted by White Home social media director Dan Scavino. The clip consisted of a speech made by Biden on Saturday that was modified to make it appear that the Democratic candidate had actually inadvertently backed the president.
Trump retweeted the video on Saturday and added: “I agree with you, Joe!” It was likewise retweeted by Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale.
The “controlled media” stamp is a new Twitter policy indicated to combat incorrect political messages and alert users to misleadingly transformed media or completely made occasions. Twitter’s policy, which entered into effect on Thursday, defines controlled posts as any image, video or audio that has actually been “substantially modified or produced.”
The Biden video was edited to reduce one of his sentences so he might be heard saying: “Excuse me. We can just re-elect Donald Trump.” What he actually said: