Twitter Suspends Donald Trump Jr. for Tweeting COVID-19 Misinformation
Source: Vice
Twitter has temporarily suspended the account belonging to Donald Trump Jr, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump after he posted content that violated the companys policies on misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The account will be suspended for 12 hours, during which time Don Jr. will be barred from posting new messages, liking or retweeting other posts. He will still be allowed to use Twitters Direct Message service to contact his followers. A Twitter spokesperson said this was not a suspension, that it was a "temporary lockout until the Tweet is deletednot a suspension."
The tweet that triggered the suspension linked to a video that contains multiple falsehoods and dubious claims about COVID-19 and its treatments. The post was deleted and replaced with a message simply saying this tweet is no longer available.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ay73n/twitter-suspends-donald-trump-jr-for-tweeting-covid-19-misinformation
Link to tweet
mdbl
(4,976 posts)There's a difference between free speech and fraudulent speech. Doofus!
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)suspend his dumbass dad next
George II
(67,782 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,411 posts)which is evidence of Trump's mental unfitness to be president - rampant paranoia causing problems in your work.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213817640
Plus, of course, it's libel, that in a normal world would not just get Trump banned from the platform, it would get him sued. But we know Twitter and Facebook have said the rules don't apply to Trump, so he can abuse the platform as he and his carers see fit.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)I can't remember the name of it, but there seemed to be a bunch of conservatives and magats flocking to it when it launched a few weeks ago.
He has a place to post his idiocy to a self-selected fanbase; he should slither on over to the other forum and stop his whining.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)I've seen several deplorables post online that there already is an effective treatment for COVID (hydroxychloroquine, antibiotics, and zinc) but doctors are too stupid to use it and liberals are too evil to let this info go public because they benefit from masks and shutdowns somehow.
It's absolutely bonkers.
underpants
(183,007 posts)Trump was retweeting it a lot last night. Im seeing from the dotards on Facebook- man did I go to high school and serve in the Army with some dumbasses.
Initech
(100,139 posts)And by "sane", I mean a doctor who believes in science and not alien DNA and demon sperm.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)underpants
(183,007 posts)What ever will we do????
George II
(67,782 posts)underpants
(183,007 posts)Together
ananda
(28,895 posts)Period.
They are all a serious danger to this country and the world.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)would drop use of Twitter once he is elected. It is a cesspool. The whitehouse website can have some alternative system for Joe to put out tweet-like messages.
George II
(67,782 posts)LuckyLib
(6,822 posts)and actual information coming from the office of the President. And lets have a communications office and press secretary with brains and experience.
CaptainTruth
(6,616 posts)I'm amazed to see how many news sources are reporting this incorrectly.