Twitter gave the president’s son a 12-hour time out from tweeting on Tuesday after he posted a link to a video containing what Twitter said was misleading information about COVID-19.
Donald Trump Jr posted a video promoting the drug hydroxychloroquine, which his father has also promoted and claimed to be taking himself as a precaution against the coronavirus.
Twitter’s move caused outrage among supporters of the president’s son, including from Republican strategist Andrew Surabian who accused the company of engaging in “open election interference”.
The eldest child of Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana, Donald Trump Jr was accused of violating Twitter’s policy on spreading misleading and potentially harmful information relating to COVID-19.
The company said as a result it “temporarily limited” his account’s ability to send tweets, retweets or likes, and could not follow new accounts, although he was able to send direct messages.
Twitter’s action follows another incident in May during which the company hid messages from both Donald Trump senior and then the official White House account for “glorifying violence”.
The company has also labelled another of the president’s tweets about allegedly fraudulent mail-in ballots with a fact-check warning.
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