President Donald Trump’s official Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, is being served up consequently for searches on the social media website for “racist.” 

On Friday, some Twitter customers identified that the president’s Twitter account was listed below the Individuals tab for searches for “racist.” A number of CNET workers noticed the identical outcome, when signed out of an account and utilizing a non-public internet browser mode. Most of the accounts that confirmed up within the search outcomes below the Individuals tab had the phrases “racist” or “racism” within the Twitter identify or bios. 

Twitter did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

Trump has been locked in a battle with Twitter and different social media websites. Final week, the president signed an govt order that goals to curtail authorized protections that defend Fb, Twitter and different on-line firms from legal responsibility for content material posted by their customers. On Tuesday, the Heart for Democracy and Know-how sued Trump, alleging that the order violates the First Modification and is a retaliatory transfer in opposition to Twitter. 

Trump’s govt order got here after Twitter added fact-checking labels to two tweets during which Trump claimed that mail-in election ballots could be “fraudulent.” Clicking on Twitter’s “Get the info” label brings you to a web page with tweets from information shops that say mail-in ballots are not often linked to voter fraud and that Trump’s claims are “unsubstantiated.”

Twitter additionally veiled a tweet from the president about protests in Minnesota, placing it behind a discover that claims it violates the corporate’s guidelines about “glorifying violence.” However as a result of it is within the public’s curiosity to pay attention to the president’s statements, Twitter stated, customers can click on a View button within the discover to go forward and skim the tweet.

Twitter’s actions seem to have been a tipping level in a relationship between conservatives and social media firms that is lengthy been fraught. Republicans say their speech is being censored by Twitter, Fb and different social media websites, although the businesses have repeatedly denied that they have interaction in such censorship. 

The White Home did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

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CNET’s Queenie Wong and Sean Keane contributed to this report.