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US election: Twitter says it won't let candidates claim early victory

Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labeled and direct people to Twitter's official US election page

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The move is a response to increasing worries that an election result won’t be reflected on Nov. 3, as states take longer to count an unprecedented number of mail-in and absentee ballots

Molly Schuetz & Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou | Bloomberg
Twitter Inc. said it will flag tweets from certain accounts, including those of presidential candidates, who claim an election victory before it’s officially called by two of seven media outlets.

Twitter said Monday -- reiterating previously announced policy -- that it will require any tweet from some accounts declaring victory to cite either an announcement from state election officials, or a public projection from at least two authoritative, national news outlets that make independent election calls, the company said in updated guidelines to its election policies on Monday. It selected the seven acceptable race-calling outlets.
 
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