INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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The video of Mr Biden has been viewed several million times
Twitter has used its new "manipulated media" tag for the first time on an edited video of a speech by Joe Biden
The tag, introduced on 5 March, tells readers when a picture or video has been "significantly altered or fabricated".The footage of Mr
Biden, posted by Dan Scavino, White House director of social media, claimed to show the Democrat calling for people to vote for President
Donald Trump, a Republican.The video was shared by Mr Trump twice
In the clip, Mr Biden appeared to tell a crowd in Kansas City: "We can only re-elect Donald Trump." However, it had been edited to remove
key parts of the sentence
Mr Biden, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, actually said: "We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we
get engaged in this circular firing squad here
It's got to be a positive campaign." Mr Scavino shared the video in a tweet on Saturday
The president then re-tweeted it, telling his followers: "I agree with Joe!"The video was also shared on Facebook - which did not flag it as
work?Twitter's manipulated media policy covers content that is "likely to impact public safety or cause serious harm" including material
that has been heavily edited
Under the policy, Twitter may remove a tweet, reduce its visibility, or label it as doctored
However, the social media giant has been criticised for taking at least 18 hours to place a manipulated tweet tag on Mr Scavino's post
In that time, over five million people had viewed the video on the site alone
The tag also failed to appear when people searched for the tweet
Twitter's spokeswoman Katie Rosborough told the Washington Post that the tag was appearing in individuals' timelines and the company was
Mr Scavino has defended the video, claiming it was not manipulated
He has also shared tweets defending him that allege the video was "clipped, not edited" and "simply shortened"
Greg Schultz, Joe Biden's campaign manager, called Facebook's lack of action in labelling manipulated footage a "national crisis", in a
statement to CNN.What are the new rules? Twitter uses these factors to consider whether a tweet should be labelled or removed: Has the
content been edited in a manner that alters its composition, sequence, timing or framing?Has any visual or auditory information been added
or removed?Has media depicting a real person been fabricated or simulated?Is the media being shared in a deceptive manner? Is it likely to
impact public safety or cause serious harm?
