Facebook and Twitter Remove Trump Video for False Covid-19 Claims

It's the first time Facebook has punished Trump for misinformation

Facebook and Twitter each took action Wednesday evening against President Donald Trump for violating their respective policies prohibiting Covid-19 misinformation.

Both platforms removed a video featuring a Fox News interview shared by Trump’s accounts in which the president inaccurately stated that children are “almost immune” to the coronavirus.

This was the first time Facebook took action against the veracity of the president’s message, though the company previously removed posts by Trump’s reelection campaign and its paid advertisements featuring Nazi iconography.

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