Secretary Antony Blinken

Twitter community adds a context note to Antony Blinken tweet: Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted, “Congratulations to new Pakistan Interim Prime Minister @anwaar_kakar. As Pakistan prepares for free and fair elections, in accordance with its constitution and the rights to freedom of speech and assembly, we will continue to advance our shared commitment to economic prosperity." Twitter added a label to the post that read "Readers added context they thought people might want to know.” The added context read "The US State Dept. under Antony Blinken on March 7, 2022, encouraged the removal of Pakistan's previous democratically elected prime minister Imran Khan. In April 2022 Imran Khan was removed from power and arrested." The note included a link to an article to support the claim. The label is part of Twitter’s Community Notes system. Twitter users are able to sign up as contributors to add context to tweets.

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