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| Topic | Facebook and Twiter remove Trump post campaign claims "censorship" |
| Ruvan22 08/06/20 4:36:30 PM #1: | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/facebook-twitter-removes-post-trump-coronavirus-misinformation Facebook and Twitter are both taking action after a video shared by President Trump they say contains misinformation about the coronavirus. "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," Facebook spokesperson Liz Bourgeois told Fox News in a statement. In the removed video, the president told Fox & Friends that schools should remain open. "My view is that schools should be open," Trump said. If you look at children, children are almost and I would almost say definitely but almost immune from this disease. He added that children have "much stronger immune systems" and "just don't have a problem." Trump campaign spokesperson Courtney Parella told Fox News that President Trump was "stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus." "Another day, another display of Silicon Valleys flagrant bias against this President, where the rules are only enforced in one direction," she added. "Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth. I know I linked from Fox... I don't encourage anyone to read comments ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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