The president retweeted a video which stated hydroxychloroquine was a cure for COVID-19 and that masks were unnecessary in addition to a message saying Dr. Anthony Fauci had misled the public.
In an unprecedented escalation in social media companies’ efforts to police false information, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all removed a video on COVID-19 that President Trump had promoted Monday evening.
America’s Frontline Doctors did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the video’s removal. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced the group in the video. In an attempt to find a quick-fix solution to the pandemic, Trump has promoted hydroxychloroquine for months and claims to have taken doses himself. In June, the Food and Drug Administration ended the emergency use of the antimalarial drugs for COVID-19, and the National Institutes of Health announced it was ending its clinical trial because it was “very unlikely to be beneficial to hospitalized patients.
Stella Immanuel, one of the participants in the video, responded to Facebook pulling it by threatening them with the wrath of God.
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