On Sunday, Twitter deleted an article retwaled by President Donald Trump falsely claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic was not as fatal as the authorities reported.
The original tweet, posted through a user under the pseudonym @littlemel, has been replaced by a popular language that reads: “This tweet is no longer available because it violates Twitter rules. Learn more.”
Elimination is the latest example of Twitter’s action to restrict the success of the dissemination of fake data through the president on the social media platform.
The company also recently deleted a message retwisted through Trump falsely affirming the lifestyle of a “cure” for COVID-19.Twitter moderators also took other measures opposed to Trump’s tweets, adding a message in May that society said violence glorified.
The most recent action comes when fans of a radicalized conspiracy organization known as QAnon have gained momentum in recent months by posting lies about COVID-19 and other hot topics. CNN described the user whose COVID-19 tweet retwated through Trump as “a supporter” of QAnon.
In the original tweet, the user also connected to a Facebook message about coVID-19’s alleged knowledge plot.Facebook had deleted the post Monday morning.
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Misrepresentation affects recent knowledge from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that COVID-19 “was the only cause mentioned” in 6% of deaths recorded to date. For other deaths, others have an average of 2.6 situations or causes.
The conspiracy theory alleges that this revelation means that COVID-19 is not as fatal as stated in the past.It’s not true. KNOWLEDGE of the CDC implies that other factors, such as obesity, contributed to the deaths, but that doesn’t mean that other people would have died if they hadn’t contracted the disease.
Trump also retwed a message from one of his lawyers, Jenna Ellis, with a link to a story about a far right based on the COVID-19 conspiracy message.This retweet has not been removed.
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