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Twitter has flagged one of US President Donald Trump’s tweets for spreading misinformation, after he claimed he was immune to Covid-19.
Since Trump was released from the hospital after contracting the virus, Trump’s doctors have released selective information about his health. Trump has also repeatedly claimed that he is immune to the coronavirus.
“A full and complete signature from the White House doctors yesterday,” Trump tweeted on Monday (local time). “That means I can’t get it (immune), and I can’t give it. Good to know !!!”
Twitter quickly added a disclaimer about the tweet.
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Twitter has flagged one of United States President Donald Trump’s tweets for spreading misinformation after he claimed he was immune to Covid-19.
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“This Tweet violated Twitter’s Rules on Dissemination of Misleading and Potentially Harmful Information Related to Covid-19. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest that the Tweet remains accessible.”
A Twitter spokesperson told CNN: “We placed a public interest notice on [President Trump’s] Tweet for violating our Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy by making misleading health claims about Covid-19.
“As is standard with this public interest notice, interactions with the Tweet will be significantly limited.”
Trump made the same claim on Facebook, which had not flagged the post, despite violating its rules.
It comes after Facebook removed a post from Trump last week, which claimed the flu was more deadly than Covid-19. Twitter also flagged that same post.
Both Facebook and Twitter placed warning labels on Trump’s posts when he urged North Carolinians to appear at polling places even if they had already mailed a ballot, a practice state election officials have explicitly discouraged.
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Both Facebook and Twitter also placed warning labels on Trump’s posts when he urged North Carolinians to appear at polling places even if they had already mailed a ballot.
Twitter has implemented new policies to stop the spread of misinformation as Election Day approaches in the United States. It also plans to ban political ads from November 22.
Meanwhile, Facebook said it plans to temporarily suspend all political and issue-based advertising in the US after the polls close, a move that the company said was intended to limit confusion, misinformation and misinformation. abuse of their services in the days following the US presidential election.
– New York Daily News, Stuff
