Twitter says it temporarily restricted the Trump campaign's ability to tweet after its account shared a video containing false claims about the coronavirus
The tweet, a video of Trump's interview with Fox News in which he said children are"almost immune" to the virus,"is in violation of the Twitter Rules on Covid-19 misinformation," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement."The account owner will be required to remove the Tweet before they can Tweet again."The account appeared to have the ability to tweet following Twitter's statement, suggesting the campaign had complied with the order and removed the video.
"Twitter and Facebook have shown an increasing willingness to take action on posts by Trump and those close to him, placing labels on several posts in recent weeks on topics ranging from voting to protests.Facebook removes Trump post falsely claiming children are 'almost immune' to Covid-19Last week, Twitter imposed a similar restriction on the account of the President's son, Donald Trump Jr.
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