Trump says children are immune to the coronavirus. Facebook didn t stick around and removed his video
Facebook fell asleep a video in which Donald Trump stated that children are almost immune to the coronavirus. Twitter reacted similarly. Trump gave an interview with Fox News in which he concluded that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus. The statement appeared in the context of the discussion on the return of students to school. The president of the United States is in favor of opening schools, and this "near-resistance" is to be an argument for such a scenario. Both Facebook and Twitter have found that the interview snippet shared by Trump’s people on social media violates the standards of both platforms. Facebook removed the video stating that Trump’s statement violated the company’s policy on disinformation. Twitter, in turn, temporarily blocked President @TeamTrump’s campaign account, giving an ultimatum to Trump’s staff that it would not be unsuspended until the video with the said statement was removed. The @Team Trump account is currently av...