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        <title><![CDATA[Social Media Platforms Remove Coronavirus ‘Misinformation’ Video Shared by Trump, Don Jr.]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twitter, Facebook and Youtube have deleted a viral video shared by President Trump that peddled disinformation about COVID-19, including that masks are unnecessary and that hydroxychloroquine is a “cure” for the coronavirus.</p><p>Donald Trump Jr. called the video, which was viewed tens of millions of times on the three social media platforms, a “must watch,” while Donald Trump retweeted the video to his 84 million followers.</p><p>The video, which shows a press conference with a group of people — “America’s Frontline Doctors” — wearing white lab coats in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, was first posted by <em>Breitbart</em> on Facebook and Youtube, but has since been removed.</p><p>Twitter deleted posts featuring the video, saying it was “in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy” and <strong>temporarily restricted</strong> Donald Trump Jr.’s account, barring him from tweeting for 12 hours.</p><p>Facebook said it was removed for “sharing false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19.”</p><p>Lead by emergency medicine specialist Simone Gold, who has vocally opposed stay-at-home orders, the group features doctors, anti-vaxxers, lawyers and a social media coordinator and <strong>says it wants to</strong> “empower Americans to stop living in fear.”</p><form class="form-newsletter" data-component="newsletter" data-success="Thank you for subscribing!" data-error="There was a problem signing you up, please try again."> <input name="latest_sub" type="hidden" value="1" /></p><p><label for="nloptin-5f2076c5503da">GET THE CAPITAL LETTER</label></p><p>A weekly digest on business and economics from an NR sensibility.</p><fieldset class="inline-newsletter-subscribe__group"><input id="nloptin-5f2076c5503da" class="inline-newsletter-subscribe__email-input" name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email Address" /><br /> <input name="source" type="hidden" value="WEB" /><br /> <input name="newsletter_override" type="hidden" value="cap_sub, cap_inarticle, article_inarticle_cap_green_072720" /><br /> <input name="location" type="hidden" value="widget" /><br /> <input id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" type="hidden" value="776379ab21" /><input name="_wp_http_referer" type="hidden" value="/news/social-media-platforms-remove-coronavirus-misinformation-video-shared-by-trump-don-jr/" /> <input class="inline-newsletter-subscribe__email-submit" type="submit" value="Go" /></fieldset></form><p>The doctors claimed “you don’t need masks” to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and that recent studies showing hydroxychloroquine is ineffective are just “fake science” sponsored by “fake pharma companies.”</p><p>One doctor, Houston GP Stella Immanuel, claimed she has successfully treated more than 350 people with coronavirus using hydroxychloroquine.</p><p>“This virus has a cure, it’s called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax,” Immanuel said. “You don’t need masks, there is a cure.”</p><p>Immanuel’s credibility has come into question as her <strong>past claims</strong> about alien DNA and the physical effects of having sex with witches and demons in your dreams have resurfaced.</p><p>The coronavirus claims contrast what White House officials, public authorities and scientists have said about the virus: <em>The New England Journal of Medicine</em> reported in June that a study showed that hydroxychloroquine was no better than placebo pills at preventing illness from the coronavirus.</p><p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no specific antiviral treatment recommended for COVID-19.</p><p>The antimalarial drug has been a source of debate for months as critics of the president have accused him of overselling an unproven treatment, while his supporters have accused social media companies of censorship.</p><p>In April, YouTube <strong>removed a viral video</strong> of two California doctors questioning the severity of the coronavirus.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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