Facebook removed a video posted by Donald Trump's campaign because it violated the social network’s policy banning false claims about the coronavirus.
The content in question was a video clip of a Trump interview on Fox News Channel on Wednesday, uploaded by the Trump campaign, in which he claimed children are “virtually immune” to COVID-19.
“This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19, which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation,” a Facebook rep said in a statement.
Twitter later on Wednesday evening took down the same video, posted by Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and tweeted by the president. The company said it had suspended the @TeamTrump account — preventing it from tweeting, retweeting or liking posts — pending removal of the violating tweet.
The tweet “is in violation of the Twitter Rules on COVID-19 misinformation,” a Twitter spokeswoman said. “The account owner will be required to remove the Tweet before they can Tweet again.” In this case, the account owner is @TeamTrump, which originally posted the video.
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“This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19, which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation,” a Facebook rep said in a statement.
Twitter later on Wednesday evening took down the same video, posted by Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and tweeted by the president. The company said it had suspended the @TeamTrump account — preventing it from tweeting, retweeting or liking posts — pending removal of the violating tweet.
The tweet “is in violation of the Twitter Rules on COVID-19 misinformation,” a Twitter spokeswoman said. “The account owner will be required to remove the Tweet before they can Tweet again.” In this case, the account owner is @TeamTrump, which originally posted the video.
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Trump again....always in he news for one terrible reason or the other
ReplyDeleteI stopped condemning Trump when i found out there's little truth in his claims .Doesn't erase the fact that he is racist
DeleteSeveral kids, have died from this virus. How in earth can this man be this unreasonable??? He is saying all that because he wants schools to reopen. Georgia, already has seen a spike in cases amongst kids. School just reopened there. I am glad our state has decided on online school till next year..
ReplyDeleteThey will still ban Trump on those Apps.
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