Twitter places 'manipulated media' warning on White House social media director's Biden tweet

Twitter only implemented its new policy against manipulated media on Mar. 5, but it’s already been put to use. 

White House social media director Dan Scavino has become one of the first to be impacted by the new policy after a video of Joe Biden that he tweeted was tagged as manipulated media. 

Last month, Twitter announced it was introducing a rule against “deceptively [sharing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm,” and would be adding warnings to some tweets that contain “synthetic and manipulated media.” Such media has become a worrying issue in political campaigns, with online misinformation a significant concern in recent and upcoming elections. Read more...