Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims

While the counting for the 2020 presidential election still goes on, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Adi Robertson discuss what steps social media platforms have taken to limit misinformation. Additional reading:

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Facebook, Twitter take steps to limit the president’s false election claims

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