After months of questions over why Twitter was ignoring incorrect and potentially dangerous Tweets from a Chinese official, the social media platform finally took steps to “fact check” Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for the “information department” of China’s foreign ministry, according to the New York Post.
Earlier this week, Twitter took steps to crack down on “misinformation” spread by President Donald Trump after the president tweeted a conspiracy theory linking Congressman-turned-MSNBC anchor, Joe Scarborough, to the 2001 accidental death of one of his Congressional aides.
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