As Trump falsely claims victory, Twitter and Facebook counter misinformation

Enlarge / Election workers count absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at TCF Center on November 4, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (credit: Getty Images | Jeff Kowalsky)

As President Trump falsely claimed that he has won re-election despite the fact that votes are still being counted, Twitter and Facebook took steps to counter Trump's attempts to spread misinformation.

"Once President Trump began making premature claims of victory, we started running notifications on Facebook and Instagram that votes are still being counted and a winner is not projected," Facebook said. "We're also automatically applying labels to both candidates' posts with this information."

Trump gave a speech in which he claimed "we did win this election" and called the continued counting of legally cast votes "a major fraud on our nation." He said he will take the election to the Supreme Court and that "we want all voting to stop."

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