The president's son had posted a video pushing false claims about COVID-19, which has spread rapidly on Facebook.
The president's son Donald Trump Jr. was temporarily blocked from tweeting on Tuesday morning after posting a viral video filled with false and deceptive claims about the coronavirus, which has killed more than 148,000 people in the US amid a botched response from the government.
The video swept across Facebook, garnering millions upon millions of views in a short time frame. Facebook haswith bad information about the pandemic — and other issues — on its platform. A spokesperson for Facebook said they removed the video on Monday evening for sharing false information. Twitter and YouTube did the same.
The video was initially published by the far-right website Breitbart. It showed a group of people in doctor's coats pushing false and deceptive claims about the virus, particularly that hydroxychloroquine can cure it and that wearing masks is not necessary.The group, calling themselves America's Frontline Doctors, is affiliated with the right-wing organization Tea Party Patriots, according to their website.
Immanuel, a Houston-based physician, has previously made a slew of bizarre medical claims, including that alien DNA is being used as medicine and that gynecological issues are caused by having sex with witches and demons in your dreams, according to
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