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Twitter flags Donald Trump's tweet for violating rules on COVID-19 information

Washington
October 12, 2020

Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the U.S President claimed he was immune to the Coronavirus, saying it violated the social media platform’s rules about misleading information related to COVID–19.

“A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t get it (immune) and can’t give it. Very nice to know,” Trump said in the tweet.

The post was flagged by Twitter with a disclaimer.
“This tweet violated the Twitter rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID–19,” Twitter‘s disclaimer read, adding that it had determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the tweet to remain accessible.

A Twitter spokeswoman told Reuters that the tweet made “misleading health claims” about COVID–19 and that engagements with the post would be “significantly limited,” as is standard in such cases.