Twitter hides Trump tweet after election theft claim

Screengrab of a tweet by US President Donald Trump posted on the night of the US Election about votes being cast after the closure of the polls on which Twitter has placed a notice about potentially misleading content relating to an election.

Twitter has labelled an election night tweet from Donald Trump “misleading” after the incumbent president claimed, without evidence, that opponents were trying to steal the historic poll.

Shortly after Democratic challenger Joe Biden told supporters he was “on track” to win the tight race for the White House, Mr Trump tweeted: “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!”