'I guess they are therapeutic, some people don't know how to define therapeutic, I view it different, it's a cure,' the president asserted in a video uploaded to his social media channels.
dexamethasoneFacebook has repeatedly said it is taking steps to try and limit the spread of hoaxes and misinformation about the contagious respiratory disease responsible for the deaths of more than 211,800 Americans—including posts about"[We] remove posts that make false claims about cures, treatments, the availability of essential services or the location and severity of the outbreak," NickFacebook boss Marksaid in an April post on his personal account that the site would...
He said general misinformation could be slapped with warning labels providing more context to erroneous claims, but only after it is rated false by fact-checkers. Twitter has said harmful claims about"preventative measures, treatments/cures, and other precautions" linked to-19 could be considered as a misleading claim if it was made as an"assertion of fact" and"intended to influence others' behavior."
Before a post is removed it has to meet three criteria: Is it spreading a claim of fact, is the claim demonstrably false or misleading, and would belief in it lead to harm.-led platform previously said it will"label or place a warning on tweets" that can provide additional context about the false claims.
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