Twitter puts curbs on Donald Trump Jr's account over COVID-19 tweet

The eldest son of U.S. President Trump on Monday posted a video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine, which was taken down by the social media company for breaking rules on COVID-19 misinformation.

By Reuters | Updated: Jul 28, 2020, 08.47 PM IST

Twitter (TWTR), Facebook (FB) and YouTube removed the video after it started to go viral.

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it limited access to Donald Trump Jr's account for 12 hours after his post violated the micro-blogging site's misinformation policy on COVID-19.

The eldest son of U.S. President Trump on Monday posted a video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine, which was taken down by the social media company for breaking rules on COVID-19 misinformation.

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