Twitter allows Trump Covid-19 disinfectant videos, blocks ‘#InjectDisinfectant’


A Twitter spokeswoman told Reuters in an email that the company considered Trump's remarks a wish for a Covid-19 treatment, rather than a literal call for people to inject disinfectant. — Reuters

Twitter Inc said on April 24 video clips of US President Donald Trump suggesting that scientists investigate inserting light or disinfectant into coronavirus patients did not violate its Covid-19 misinformation policy.

A Twitter spokeswoman told Reuters in an email that the company considered Trump’s remarks a wish for a treatment for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, rather than a literal call for people to inject disinfectant.

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