Facebook and Twitter took aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign over a video post in which he contended that children are 'almost immune' to the coronavirus, a claim they said amounted to 'misinformation.' DonaldTrump
US President Donald Trump answers question during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2020.
Twitter meanwhile said it had blocked Trump’s official campaign account over a tweet containing the same video, in which Trump made the case for reopening US schools come September. “The president was stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus,” she said. “Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth.”Health officials have urged people of all age groups to protect themselves against exposure to the coronavirus.
A growing number of US school districts have opted however against in-person classes come September, opting to remain online-only until the pandemic has abated.
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