Searching ‘racist’ on Twitter brings up Trump as top result


  • Twitter
  • Thursday, 04 Jun 2020

Analysts said the news suggests Trump opponents, more than critics of any other Twitter account, have been labelling him as racist, although the social media giant itself did not confirm this was the case. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump appears as the first result of suggested accounts when users type "racist" into Twitter's people search, it emerged on June 3.

The result, reported by the British news outlet The Independent and verified by AFP, highlights the intense discord around the president.

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