Twitter slaps its 1st 'manipulated media' label on video of Joe Biden shared by Trump

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Twitter announced last week that it will apply the label "manipulated media" to misleadingly edited or synthetic videos like deepfakes, and it used its new policy for the first time Sunday evening. The tagged post was from White House social media director Dan Scavino, and President Trump retweeted it for his 73 million followers.

The video in question shows Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden saying "we can only re-elect Donald Trump" during a speech Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. Biden's full sentence was: "We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It's gotta be a positive campaign."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.