One of the big questions going into election night is whether former president Donald Trump will prematurely declare victory. That declaration would likely be accompanied by social media posts on platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok—all of which will not confirm if they would remove the content.
Trump falsely declared himself the winner of the 2020 election when many battleground states were still too close to call. Counts were still ongoing in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
"Premature claims of victory that are intended to intimidate people from voting or suppress voting may be evaluated under our Civic Integrity policy," says X spokesperson Michael Abboud.
A recent Center for Countering Digital Hate study found that the crowdsourced fact-checking initiative does a poor job of correcting false election claims. X has already become a hotbed for election misinformation.
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