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  1. ⚡️ “President Obama announces 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients”

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  3. An update on the progress we've made in addressing online abuse:

  4. Tuesday was the most-Tweeted election day ever: 75+ million global election-related Tweets sent through 3am ET as Trump claimed victory

  5. 73% of the live viewers on Tuesday, November 8 were on mobile devices📱

  6. 83% of the live viewers on Tuesday, November 8 were under the age of 35

  7. Over 75M global Tweets were sent related to  through 3am ET when president-elect claimed victory

  8. Moments ago just sent his first Tweet as president-elect. ⤵️

  9. The results are in: is the 45th President of the United States.

  10. State results are rolling in. Tune in now to watch from LIVE on Twitter.

  11. Update: 40 million global Tweets have now been sent today related to as of 10pm ET

  12. LIVE on Twitter with talking . Go to to watch.

  13. BREAKING: By 9 pm ET, Twitter had 35 million plus tweets, shattering record set in 2012 via

  14. "For Election Day Chatter, Twitter Ruled Social Media" via .

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