Facebook and Twitter penalise Trump for virus claim

Facebook and Twitter penalise Trump for virus claim

Published on August 6, 2020 at 1:03 PM by FACE OF MALAWI

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Facebook and Twitter have penalised Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were “almost immune” to coronavirus.

Facebook deleted the post – a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News – saying it contained “harmful Covid misinformation”.

Twitter followed by saying it had frozen a Trump campaign account until a tweet of the same clip was removed.

US public health advice makes clear children have no immunity to Covid-19.

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