Twitter on Sunday removed a post retweeted by President Donald Trump that falsely claimed the COVID-19 pandemic is not as deadly as officials have reported.
The original tweet, posted by a user with the handle @littlemel, has been replacedby standard language stating, “This Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules. Learn more.”
The removal marks the latest example of Twitter taking action to limit the reach of false information circulated by the president on the social media platform.
The company also recently removed a post retweeted by Trump that had falsely claimed the existence of a “cure” for COVID-19. Twitter moderators have also previously taken other action against Trump tweets, including targeting a post in May that the company said was glorifying violence.
In the original tweet, the user also linked to a Facebook post about the alleged COVID-19 data conspiracy. Facebook had not removed that post as of Monday morning.