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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:32 PM Aug 2020

****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


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****TRUMP THE TROLL TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM TWITTER**** (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2020 OP
the deplorables are going to lose it OMG mucifer Aug 2020 #1
I think it was just his campaign, so AleksS Aug 2020 #2
Fingers crossed!! jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #6
Bwah! Blue Owl Aug 2020 #3
I just heard about this Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #4
Freedom to be an asshole among assholes has it's limits, Oh my, take a video down! Brainfodder Aug 2020 #5
Only the trump reelection campaign, not actually trump himself. scarletwoman Aug 2020 #7
Liar-In-Chief Illumination Aug 2020 #8
Barr will be sending soldiers over to Twitter to investigate this. C Moon Aug 2020 #9
Snappity snap snap MontanaMama Aug 2020 #10

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
2. I think it was just his campaign, so
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:37 PM
Aug 2020

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.”

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
8. Liar-In-Chief
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:43 PM
Aug 2020

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!

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