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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****TRUMP THE TROLL TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM TWITTER****
San Francisco (CNN Business)Twitter said on Wednesday it had restricted President Donald Trump's campaign from tweeting after its account shared a video containing false claims about the coronavirus.
The tweet, a video of Trump's interview with Fox News in which he said children are "almost immune" to the virus, "is in violation of the Twitter Rules on Covid-19 misinformation," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. "The account owner will be required to remove the Tweet before they can Tweet again."
The account appeared to have the ability to tweet following Twitter's statement, suggesting the campaign had complied with the order and removed the video. Twitter confirmed to CNN that the campaign's account can tweet again.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/tech/twitter-trump-restrict/index.html
The tweet, a video of Trump's interview with Fox News in which he said children are "almost immune" to the virus, "is in violation of the Twitter Rules on Covid-19 misinformation," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. "The account owner will be required to remove the Tweet before they can Tweet again."
The account appeared to have the ability to tweet following Twitter's statement, suggesting the campaign had complied with the order and removed the video. Twitter confirmed to CNN that the campaign's account can tweet again.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/tech/twitter-trump-restrict/index.html
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****TRUMP THE TROLL TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM TWITTER**** (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2020
OP
Freedom to be an asshole among assholes has it's limits, Oh my, take a video down!
Brainfodder
Aug 2020
#5
mucifer
(23,575 posts)1. the deplorables are going to lose it OMG
AleksS
(1,665 posts)2. I think it was just his campaign, so
Expect a rage storm from his personal/presidential accounts soon. THAT might lead to a banning of the actual Trump accounts, and not just Team Trump.
jorgevlorgan
(8,337 posts)6. Fingers crossed!!
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)3. Bwah!
Whiny Donny's whining forum go boom-boom... someone get his pacifier so he can keep sucking!
Maru Kitteh
(28,343 posts)4. I just heard about this
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)5. Freedom to be an asshole among assholes has it's limits, Oh my, take a video down!
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)7. Only the trump reelection campaign, not actually trump himself.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)8. Liar-In-Chief
Not only should Big Rump be banned from Twitter but permanently! Fox News has got to go too. That is where the real FAKE NEWS is!
C Moon
(12,221 posts)9. Barr will be sending soldiers over to Twitter to investigate this.
MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)10. Snappity snap snap
snap. The Motherfucker is having a mad tonight....I hope.