Twitter’s warning label says the tweet “violates Twitter’s rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19.”
“We gave public interest notice [President Trump’s] Tweet for violating our Covid-19 misleading information policy by making misleading health claims about Covid-19, “said a Twitter spokesperson. ”
Trump has posted the same message on his Facebook account, but has not added a warning label despite the platform violating its rules. The post lasted four hours and was shared more than 24,000 times on Facebook.
CNN Business has reached out to Facebook to comment.
Jason Shepherd, a scientist researched by Mark Zuckerberg’s charity, told CNN on Sunday that Facebook should take “absolutely” action on Trump’s post where he falsely claimed to be virus-free.
“Facebook needs to do better by giving false information. Especially Kovid is concerned where it can be life or death literally. They are very slow and I haven’t seen any real change in policy since we sent Mark a letter of concern. [Zuckerberg]Shepherd, who works as an associate professor of neurobiology and biochemistry at the University of Utah, said.
On Tuesday, Facebook deleted a post from the president’s account after he falsely claimed that the flu was more deadly than Covid-19.
Twitter is trying to persuade the public that they are ready for elections by rolling out new policies to curb disinformation. The company announced Thursday that it is expanding its policies to combat voting misinformation. The new rules are likely to force President Donald Trump to investigate the facts more aggressively during the final months of the 2020 campaign.
– The report was contributed by CNN’s Donnie O’Sullivan.
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