Twitter’s Dorsey and Facebook’s Zuckerberg Butt Heads as Things Heat Up Over Trump Tweet

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is pushing back on some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks made following the fact-check alert placed on President Donald Trump’s tweet.

The president has accused Twitter of constraining the voices of conservatives. The spark started when Twitter placed a tag for the first time on one of Trump’s tweets where he made claims about potential voter fraud with mail-in voting.

The label on Trump’s tweets from May 26 about mail-in ballots reads, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.”

“We believe those Tweets could confuse voters about what they need to do to receive a ballot and participate in the election process,” the Twitter Safety account tweeted. “We also wanted to provide additional context and conversation with regard to voter fraud and mail-in ballots. We have a range of remediations, and in some cases we add labels that link to more context.”

While mail-in voting is not totally free from fraud, as The New York Times reports, “such schemes are incredibly hard to pull off undetected,” and casting mail-in ballots is “almost certainly the safest way to vote.”

Facebook’s Zuckerberg told Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing,” “We have a different policy than, I think, Twitter on this.”