Twitter hides election tweets

TWITTER has hidden some of Donald Trump’s first tweets the day after a US election that remains undecided.

In one, the President wrote his vote advantage in key Democrat-run states had “started to magically disappear”, and in another that 500,000 votes in key states were at risk.

The messages were last night hidden behind warnings that said the claims were disputed and might be misleading.

The moves also limit users’ ability to like and reply to the posts.

Twitter had earlier taken similar action over a post in which Mr Trump said for the first time that his opponents “are trying to steal the election”.

Facebook has added fact-check boxes to some of the messages on Mr Trump’s profile on its platform, clarifying that final results might take longer than normal. It did not, however, restrict engagement.

One of the tweets said: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all instances Democrat run and controlled.

“Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE.”

He followed that with: “They are working hard to make up 500,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear – ASAP. Likewise, Michigan and others!”

Mr Biden’s first tweet of the day said “we won’t rest until everyone’s vote is counted”.

Twitter has not acted on any of Mr Biden’s tweets.