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Twitter imezuia akaunti ya kampeni ya Donald Trump kwa kukiuka sheria zake zinazohusu usambazaji wa taarifa za upotoshaji, baada ya kuposti video ya Rais huyo wa Marekani akisema watoto wana kinga dhidi ya Coronavirus.
Twitter imesema kuwa tweet kutoka akaunti ya @TeamTrump, ambayo ilionesha video ya rais huyo katika mahojiano na kituo cha Fox News, “Iliukiuka sheria za Twitter juu ya taarifa za kupotosha kuhusu COVID-19"
Aidha, msemaji wa Twitter ameeleza kuwa mmiliki wa akaunti hiyo atalazimika kuondoa video hiyo kabla ya kurejeshewa uwezo wa ku-tweet tena.
Hatua hiyo ya Twitter imekuja masaa machache baada ya Facebook kuiondoa video hiyo hiyo kutoka kwenye akaunti binafsi ya Donald Trump.
Facebook ilichukua hatua hiyo kwa maelezo kuwa inahusisha madai ya uongo kwamba kundi fulani la watu lina kinga dhidi ya COVID-19, jambo ambalo ni ukiukaji wa sera za mtandao huo kuhusu taarifa zihusuzo ugonjwa huo.
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Twitter froze the account of the Trump campaign on Wednesday for violating its misinformation rules after it posted a video in which the US president said children were “almost immune” to coronavirus.
The clampdown came just hours after Facebook removed the same post from Donald Trump’s personal account on the platform.
Twitter said on Wednesday that the tweet from the @TeamTrump account, which showed a video of the president in a Fox News interview, was “in violation of the Twitter rules on Covid-19 misinformation”.
“The account owner will be required to remove the tweet before they can tweet again,” the spokesperson added.
Facebook had taken action on the same post, saying the video “includes false claims that a group of people is immune from Covid-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful Covid misinformation”.
The company said it was the first time it had removed one of the president’s posts for breaching its coronavirus misinformation rules.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while adults make up the majority of cases, “some children and infants have been sick with Covid-19”.
The move marks the tougher stance that Twitter has taken towards the president in response to some of his more controversial tweets. Facebook has also begun to take more action on misleading posts after being accused of being lax relative to its smaller rival.
Democrats have welcomed the crackdown on the president’s social media posts but Republicans have accused Twitter of trying to censor conservative voices in an effort to help Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, in November’s presidential election. The president himself has also openly sparred with the internet platforms, alleging that they are trying to silence him and sway the election.
Courtney Parella, deputy national press secretary for the Trump campaign, said on Wednesday: “The president was stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus. Another day, another display of Silicon Valley’s flagrant bias against this president, where the rules are only enforced in one direction. Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth.”
Mr Trump has come under repeated attack for misleading and inaccurate claims since the start of the pandemic, including his comment that people could protect themselves by ingesting disinfectant.
Source: Financial Times
Twitter imesema kuwa tweet kutoka akaunti ya @TeamTrump, ambayo ilionesha video ya rais huyo katika mahojiano na kituo cha Fox News, “Iliukiuka sheria za Twitter juu ya taarifa za kupotosha kuhusu COVID-19"
Aidha, msemaji wa Twitter ameeleza kuwa mmiliki wa akaunti hiyo atalazimika kuondoa video hiyo kabla ya kurejeshewa uwezo wa ku-tweet tena.
Hatua hiyo ya Twitter imekuja masaa machache baada ya Facebook kuiondoa video hiyo hiyo kutoka kwenye akaunti binafsi ya Donald Trump.
Facebook ilichukua hatua hiyo kwa maelezo kuwa inahusisha madai ya uongo kwamba kundi fulani la watu lina kinga dhidi ya COVID-19, jambo ambalo ni ukiukaji wa sera za mtandao huo kuhusu taarifa zihusuzo ugonjwa huo.
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Twitter froze the account of the Trump campaign on Wednesday for violating its misinformation rules after it posted a video in which the US president said children were “almost immune” to coronavirus.
The clampdown came just hours after Facebook removed the same post from Donald Trump’s personal account on the platform.
Twitter said on Wednesday that the tweet from the @TeamTrump account, which showed a video of the president in a Fox News interview, was “in violation of the Twitter rules on Covid-19 misinformation”.
“The account owner will be required to remove the tweet before they can tweet again,” the spokesperson added.
Facebook had taken action on the same post, saying the video “includes false claims that a group of people is immune from Covid-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful Covid misinformation”.
The company said it was the first time it had removed one of the president’s posts for breaching its coronavirus misinformation rules.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while adults make up the majority of cases, “some children and infants have been sick with Covid-19”.
The move marks the tougher stance that Twitter has taken towards the president in response to some of his more controversial tweets. Facebook has also begun to take more action on misleading posts after being accused of being lax relative to its smaller rival.
Democrats have welcomed the crackdown on the president’s social media posts but Republicans have accused Twitter of trying to censor conservative voices in an effort to help Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, in November’s presidential election. The president himself has also openly sparred with the internet platforms, alleging that they are trying to silence him and sway the election.
Courtney Parella, deputy national press secretary for the Trump campaign, said on Wednesday: “The president was stating a fact that children are less susceptible to the coronavirus. Another day, another display of Silicon Valley’s flagrant bias against this president, where the rules are only enforced in one direction. Social media companies are not the arbiters of truth.”
Mr Trump has come under repeated attack for misleading and inaccurate claims since the start of the pandemic, including his comment that people could protect themselves by ingesting disinfectant.
Source: Financial Times
