Twitter on Tuesday briefly restricted Donald Trump Jr.’s account after he shared a viral video promoting making use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus. Multiple research studies have actually discovered that the anti-malarial drug is not helpful for avoiding or dealing with COVID-19. Twitter stated the tweet breached its policy versus spreading out deceptive and possibly damaging details on COVID-19.
“The Tweet requires deletion because it violates our rules (sharing misinformation on COVID-19), and the account will have limited functionality for 12 hours,” Twitter’s interactions group stated on Tuesday.
Trump Jr., the child of United States President Donald Trump, shared the viral video on Monday, together with a tweet that checked out: “This is a much [sic] view!!! So various from the story that everybody is keeping up.”
In addition to the tweet being erased, Twitter restricted Trump Jr.’s account so he can just send out direct messages to fans — that suggests no tweets, retweets, follows or likes. The constraints remain in location for 12 hours.
An agent for Trump Jr. could not instantly be grabbed remark, however spokesperson Andy Surabian on Tuesday tweeted that “Big Tech is the biggest threat to free expression in America today,” including that “they’re continuing to engage in open election interference – full stop.”